单词 | graphic tellurium |
释义 | > as lemmasgraphic tellurium b. Of a mineral: Presenting on the surface, or in the fracture, an appearance of written or printed characters. graphic gold, graphic ore, graphic tellurium: = sylvanite n. graphic granite (see quot. 1859). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > mineral structure or appearance > [adjective] > cleavage or fracture beddy1709 splintery1794 conchoid1802 conchoidal1802 graphic1814 axotomous1834 fendillated1853 plagioclastic1869 plagioclasic1913 1814 A. Aikin Man. Mineral. 70 Graphic tellurium. Graphic Gold. 1823 A. Ure Dict. Chem. (ed. 2) Graphic-ore, an ore of tellurium, occurring in veins in porphyry in Transylvania. 1828 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 14 362 Granite, is..graphic, when [etc.]. 1838 Penny Cycl. XI. 355/2 The felspar in graphic granite is almost one huge crystallized mass. 1859 D. Page Handbk. Geol. Terms 185 Graphic Granite..a binary compound of felspar and quartz—the quartz being disposed through the felspar matrix like lines of Arabic writing. 1868 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 5) 81 Graphic Tellurium. 1879 F. Rutley Study of Rocks xii. 211 The so-called graphic-granite..in which the quartz..roughly resembles Hebrew characters. < as lemmas |
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