释义 |
ˈcross-stone Min. [cross- 3 b.] A name given to chiastolite; also to the minerals staurolite and harmotome, from the cruciform arrangement of the crystals.
1770tr. Cronstedt's Min. 83. 1771 Hill Fossils Arranged 152. 1796 Kirwan Min. I. 282. 1814 Allan Min. Nomen. 1851[see harmotome]. 1868Amer. Naturalist I. 264 A boulder..containing large crystals of staurotide, or cross-stone. |