单词 | cross-stone |
释义 | cross-stonen. Mineralogy. A name given to chiastolite n.; also to the minerals staurolite n. and harmotome n., from the cruciform arrangement of the crystals. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > nesosilicates > [noun] > subsaturate group > andalusite geometric jasper1681 cross-stone1770 chiastolite1811 macle1816 andalusite1837 maranite1885 the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > tectosilicate > [noun] > feldspar > harmotome cross-stone1770 staurolite1794 harmotome1804 1770 G. von Engeström & E. M. da Costa tr. A. F. Cronstedt Ess. Syst. Mineral. 83. 1771 J. Hill Fossils 152. 1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 282. 1814 T. Allan Mineral. Nomencl. 1851 G. F. Richardson Geol. (1855) ii. 25 An especial value was assigned to the mineral harmotome, or cross-stone, on account of the sacred emblem of which it was supposed to be the type. 1868 Amer. Naturalist 1 264 A boulder..containing large crystals of staurotide, or cross-stone. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1770 |
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