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单词 algerite
释义

algeriten.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Alger , -ite suffix1.
Etymology: < the name of Francis Alger (1807–63), U.S. chemist and collector, who first described the mineral (published in the source of quot. 1849) + -ite suffix1. N.E.D. (1884) gives the pronunciation as (æ·ldʒĕrəit) /ˈældʒəraɪt/.
Mineralogy. Obsolete.
A mineral of uncertain identity, said to resemble pinite.
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1849 T. S. Hunt in Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 58 106 Under these circumstances, I offer it as a new mineral species..; and to connect with his favorite science, the name of one who is among its most successful cultivators, I propose for it the designation of Algerite.
1854 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 4) I. 204 The varying results of analyses..and the relations to known examples of altered scapolite, confirm the view derived from the form and appearances, that Algerite is an altered Scapolite.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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