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▪ I. minette1 Min.|mɪˈnɛt|
[a. F. minette.]
1. (See quot. 1888.)
1878Lawrence tr. Cotta's Rocks Class. 166 It is sometimes difficult to distinguish minette from mica-porphyry. 1878Bonney & Houghton in Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. XXXV. 166 We propose the analogous term minette-felsite. 1888Teall Brit. Petrogr. 350 Minette, this is a local name used by miners in the Vosges for a rock essentially composed of dark mica, orthoclase and a felspathic matrix. It was introduced into geological literature by Voltz in 1828.
2. A low-grade oolitic iron ore found mainly in Luxemburg and Lorraine. Freq. attrib.
1902Encycl. Brit. XXIX. 584/2 Of these [ores] the chief is the lean but very cheap ‘Minette’ ore of the enormous deposits of Luxemburg and Lorraine. 1919J. M. Keynes Econ. Consequences Peace iv. 90 The German Delegation made strong efforts to secure the inclusion of a provision by which coal and coke to be furnished by them to France should be given in exchange for minette from Lorraine. 1940Economist 13 July 40/1 A new process of steelmaking..was..applied by Continental steelmakers to the phosphoric pig-iron produced from their minette ores. 1966P. T. Flawn Mineral Resources vi. 139 The famous minette iron ores of Lorraine were exploited first on the outcrop in Germany and then followed down dip into France.
▪ II. minette2|mɪˈnɛt|
The smallest of regular sizes of portrait photographs.
1897in Webster. |