catlinite

== English == === Etymology === From Catlin +‎ -ite, after George Catlin, an American painter who travelled in the region. === Noun === catlinite (countable and uncountable, plural catlinites) A brownish-red red clay found in Northern USA and Canada, used by the American Indians to make pipes. Synonym: pipestone === References === “catlinite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.