Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Euclase

Euclase , noun

[Greek e'y^ well, easily + {not transcribed} to break. Compare French euclase, German euklas. See named from its brittleness.]

(Mineralogy) A brittle gem occurring in light green, transparent crystals, affording a brilliant clinodiagonal cleavage. It is a silicate of alumina and glucina.