metaxiten.

Brit.

/mᵻˈtaksʌɪt/, U.S.

/məˈtæksaɪt/

Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Metaxit.

Etymology: < German Metaxit ( A. Breithaupt Vollständige Charakteristik des Mineral-Syst. (ed. 3, 1832) 113) < Byzantine Greek μέταξα silk (probably a loanword; compare classical Latin mataxa rough thread, tow) + German -it -ite suffix¹, so named on account of its lustre.

Mineralogy. Now historical.

An incompletely characterized fibrous variety of serpentine, probably a chrysotile, having a weak pearly lustre.

ΚΠ

1836 T. Thomson Outl. Mineral. I. 171 The metaxite of Breithaupt is also a variety of serpentine.

1866 Reader 10 Feb. 156/1 Tufts of Metaxite.

1888 Amer. Naturalist 22 347 The three substances chrysolite, metaxite and picrolite are studied in great detail... The author regards them each as a variety of serpentine, the first consisting of slender elastic fibres, the second of coarse stiff needles, and the third being characterized by a radiating structure.

1896 A. H. Chester Dict. Names Minerals 174 Metaxite, an obs. syn. of picrolite.

1985 Amer. Mineralogist 70 767/1 The new mineral strongly resembles fibrous serpentine, for which it can be mistaken in the field; it has commonly been called metaxite.

1993 A. M. Clark Hey's Mineral Index (ed. 3) 455/2 Metaxite, var. of chrysotile.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	metaxite
释义	metaxiten. Brit. /mᵻˈtaksʌɪt/, U.S. /məˈtæksaɪt/ Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Metaxit. Etymology: < German Metaxit ( A. Breithaupt Vollständige Charakteristik des Mineral-Syst. (ed. 3, 1832) 113) < Byzantine Greek μέταξα silk (probably a loanword; compare classical Latin mataxa rough thread, tow) + German -it -ite suffix¹, so named on account of its lustre. Mineralogy. Now historical. An incompletely characterized fibrous variety of serpentine, probably a chrysotile, having a weak pearly lustre. ΚΠ 1836 T. Thomson Outl. Mineral. I. 171 The metaxite of Breithaupt is also a variety of serpentine. 1866 Reader 10 Feb. 156/1 Tufts of Metaxite. 1888 Amer. Naturalist 22 347 The three substances chrysolite, metaxite and picrolite are studied in great detail... The author regards them each as a variety of serpentine, the first consisting of slender elastic fibres, the second of coarse stiff needles, and the third being characterized by a radiating structure. 1896 A. H. Chester Dict. Names Minerals 174 Metaxite, an obs. syn. of picrolite. 1985 Amer. Mineralogist 70 767/1 The new mineral strongly resembles fibrous serpentine, for which it can be mistaken in the field; it has commonly been called metaxite. 1993 A. M. Clark Hey's Mineral Index (ed. 3) 455/2 Metaxite, var. of chrysotile. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1836
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