单词 | aikinite |
释义 | aikiniten. Mineralogy. A rare bismuth-containing mineral, typically occurring as grey needle-shaped crystals. Also called needle ore.Aikinite is a sulphide of lead, copper, and bismuth, PbCuBiS3. Crystal system: orthorhombic. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > other miscellaneous minerals > [noun] adamanteOE adamantinec1225 adamant stonea1387 chrysocoll1590 chrysocolla1600 aloe1601 Scythian stone1608 diaspore1802 sideroclepte1814 allagite1823 spherulite1823 aluminide1826 rhodalite1836 aikinite1843 alvite1855 xanthitane1856 belonite1865 aenigmatite1868 opacite1875 viridite1879 neocyanite1882 sideronatrite1882 wittite1924 niggliite1936 anthonyite1963 perryite1965 KREEP1971 1843 E. J. Chapman Pract. Mineral. 127 Aikenite. Needle Ore... This substance not having hitherto possessed any general appellation applicable to all languages, I have ventured to name it in honour of the author of the well-known and once-popular ‘Manual of Mineralogy’. 1844 E. J. Chapman Brief Descr. Characters of Minerals 39 (table) Sulphurets... Aikinite. 1911 E. H. Kraus Descriptive Mineral. 61 Gold sometimes occurs as a pseudomorph after aikinite. 1969 Canad. Mineralogist 10 93 Because of the close similarity in physical properties of neyite, cosalite, aikinite, and nuffieldite, it was necessary to make numerous x-ray powder photographs to confirm the identity of the material. 1999 I. Kostov & R. I. Kostov Crystal Habits Minerals vi. 105 The structural schemes of krupkaite and aikinite are derived from bismuthinite [Bi4S6] ribbons in which 25 per cent and 50 per cent of the bismuth atoms are orderly replaced by lead atoms and correspondingly one or two copper atoms added. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1843 |
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