单词 | mariposite |
释义 | maripositen. Mineralogy. A variety of phengite (muscovite) that contains a relatively high proportion of silica and some chromium and is found as green or greenish-yellow crystals. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > phyllosilicate > [noun] > mica > muscovite > varieties talcite1836 fuchsite1844 sericite1853 oncosine1854 adamsite1859 oellacherite1867 mariposite1868 gümbelite1871 hydro-muscovite1889 1868 B. Silliman in Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 3 381 The mineral is probably new, and must be referred to the mica section of an hydrous silicate. Should it..prove to be new, I would suggest the name Mariposite as an appropriate name for it, as it was on the Mariposa estate that it first attracted my attention, and where it exists in great abundance. 1916 Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv. No. 610. 139 A comparison of the two analyses of mariposite made by Hillebrand with Penfield's analysis of alurgite shows that the two minerals are probably identical. 1946 Amer. Mineralogist 31 1 Chrome micas, classed variously as fuchsite, mariposite, and chromiferous muscovite are of wide distribution throughout gold-bearing districts of the Canadian Shield. 1965 G. J. Williams Econ. Geol. N.Z. x. 149/2 The majority of overseas occurrences of fuchsite (and mariposite) seem to have a direct ultramafic association. 1983 Calif. Geol. 36 124/2 The mineral mariposite is an alteration product of chromite found in the original serpentinite. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1868 |
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