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单词 alvite
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alviten.

Brit. /ˈalvʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈælˌvaɪt/
Origin: A borrowing from Danish. Etymon: Danish alvit.
Etymology: < Danish alvit (D. Forbes & T. Dahll 1854, in Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne 8 217) < the name of Alve , a locality in the Arendal district of southern Norway, where the mineral was first discovered + -it -ite suffix1. Compare French alvite (1856).Compare earlier (unrelated) alvite , erroneous form of albite n. (see discussion at that entry).
Mineralogy.
A reddish-brown amorphous mineral found in pegmatites which is an altered or metamict variety of zircon, with elevated concentrations of hafnium, rare earths, and radioactive elements.
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1855 Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 11 ii. 12 Several minerals occur here, and amongst others may be mentioned two new minerals called Alvite and Bragite.
1908 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 80 516 The minerals examined were..Alvite, Auerlite, Baddeleite [etc.].
1924 Nature 12 Jan. 63/2 The new element [sc. hafnium] occurs in appreciable amounts in certain zirconium minerals, particularly the mineral alvite, a variety of zircon.
1984 N. N. Greenwood & A. Earnshaw Chem. of Elements (1986) xxi. 1112 Only in a few minerals, such as alvite.., does the hafnium content occasionally exceed that of zirconium.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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