单词 | monticellite |
释义 | monticelliten. Mineralogy. An orthorhombic mineral of the olivine group which is a calcium magnesium silicate and usually occurs as yellowish crystals. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > nesosilicates > [noun] > olivine group > monticellite monticellite1831 iron monticellite1910 kirschsteinite1957 1831 H. J. Brooke in Philos. Mag. 10 265 Monticellite... On the supposition of its being an undescribed mineral, and from Vesuvius, I have named it after Mr. Monticelli, who has published a work in illustration of the minerals found in the neighbourhood of that mountain. 1845 Encycl. Metrop. VI. 509/1 Monticellite... A Mineral from Vesuvius. 1902 H. A. Miers Mineral. ii. 415 Among these the best defined is monticellite, MgCaSiO4, a very rare mineral found in yellowish crystals at Mount Vesuvius. 1954 C. E. Tilley et al. Harker's Petrol. (ed. 8) xi. 134 Monticellite, in fairly large grains, is next in abundance. 1990 Jrnl. Petrol. 31 557 Many of these minerals, including wollastonite, monticellite, and akermanite, are characteristic of low pressure. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1831 |
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