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单词 maxite
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maxiten.

Brit. /ˈmaksʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈmækˌsaɪt/
Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Maxit.
Etymology: < German Maxit (H. Laspeyres 1872, in Neues Jahrb. f. Mineral.408) < the name of Max Braun , Belgian mining engineer + -it -ite suffix1. (braunite n. was already current as the name of a different mineral.)
Mineralogy. Now historical.
A mineral now recognized as leadhillite.
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1885 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. IV. ii Maxite, an orthorhombic mineral, supposed by Laspeyres to be a distinct species. Now shown to be an altered leadhillite. Found at the Malacalzetta mine, Iglesias, Sardinia.
1993 A. M. Clark Hey's Mineral Index (ed. 3) 440/1 Maxite, syn. of leadhillite.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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