单词 | menaccanite |
释义 | menaccaniten. Mineralogy. A mineral now recognized as a ferrian variety of ilmenite. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > oxides and hydroxides > [noun] > corundum group A2 03 > ilmenite menaccanite1792 iserine1805 menacanea1806 ilmenite1827 iserite1868 picroilmenite1900 1792 Crell's Chem. Jrnl. 2 112 The same number of the last mentioned journal contains an account of Mr. William Gregor's experiments on a magnetic sand, which is found in the valley of Menakan, in Cornwall, and which he has..named Menakanite. 1795 E. S. Let. in R. Polwhele Trad. & Recoll. (1826) II. 427 The Manaccanite, a mineral or semi-metal resembling gunpowder. 1796 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) II. 326 (heading) Menachanite. 1818 J. A. Paris Mem. Life Rev. W. Gregor 19 In this memoir he [sc. Gregor] bestowed the name of Menacchanite upon the sand, and that of Menacchine upon the metallic substance which he had proved it to contain. 1845 Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 14 i. 291 Gold-dust is found associated with..menaccanite. 1867 C. L. Bloxam Chemistry 391 Titanic acid is found in iron-sand, iserine, or menachanite. 1895 A. Harker Petrol. xvi. 194 The modern sands on our coasts are found in particular localities to be rich in garnet, or flint, or tourmaline, or ilmenite (menaccanite). 1923 Nature 24 Feb. 252/2 The Cornish mineral, a titaniferous iron sand of variable composition, was known mineralogically as menaccanite. 1983 J. McPhee In Suspect Terrain 13 Miners in Indiana learned to look in their pans for menaccanite—bean-like pebbles of iron and titanium that signalled with some consistency the propinquity of gold. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1792 |
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