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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leadhillite1835

susannite1845

maxite1885

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).

单词	maxite
释义	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. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > carbonates > [noun] > sulphato-carbonate of lead leadhillite1835 susannite1845 maxite1885 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). < n.1885
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