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单词 olivine
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olivinen.adj.

Brit. /ˈɒlᵻviːn/, /ˌɒlᵻˈviːn/, U.S. /ˈɑləˌvin/
Forms: 1700s–1800s olivin, 1800s– olivine.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: olive n.1, -in suffix1.
Etymology: < olive n.1 + -in suffix1, after German Olivin (A. G. Werner 1790, in Bergmännisches Jrnl. 3 ii. 55), subsequently remodelled after -ine suffix5. Compare French olivine (1798).
Mineralogy and Geology.
A. n.
An olive-green, grey-green, or brown orthorhombic silicate of magnesium and iron which is a common mineral in basic igneous rocks. Also: (a member of) a group of isomorphous silicate minerals also including fayalite and forsterite, which contain varying proportions of magnesium, iron, manganese, and calcium.
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the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > other miscellaneous minerals > [noun] > containing tellurium or olivine
olivine1794
tellurium1804
altaite1849
melonite1867
coloradoite1877
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > chrysolite > [noun] > peridot or olivine
peridot1706
olivine1794
chrysolite1813
the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > nesosilicates > [noun] > olivine group > olivine or chrysolites
topaz1567
olivine1794
chrysolite1813
hyalosiderite1824
glinkite1849
amiantus1863
titanolivine1880
peridotite1882
neochrysolite1884
iddingsite1893
1794 R. Kirwan Elem. Mineral. 263 Olivin..is found generally in roundish grains.
1816 R. Jameson Syst. Mineral. II. 74 Olivine is nearly allied to Augite.
1879 F. Rutley Study of Rocks x. 116 Olivine is a common constituent of many eruptive rocks.
1888 Amer. Naturalist 22 597 Professor Zirkel calls particular attention to the total absence of any augite, olivin, or glass.
1909 Westm. Gaz. 28 Aug. 15/3 The chrysolite belongs to the species of gems known as olivine, the colours of which range from a pale to a greenish yellow.
1957 H. S. Zim & P. R. Shaffer Rocks & Minerals 113 Peridotite is a dark, heavy intrusive rock composed mainly of olivine with pyroxene and tiny flecks of phlogopite mica or hornblende.
1990 C. Pellant Rocks, Minerals & Fossils 80 The properties of olivines vary as the iron content increases. Gem-quality forsterite is called peridot.
B. adj. (attributive).
Containing, consisting of, or resembling olivine.
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the world > the earth > minerals > mineral sources > [adjective] > yielding a mineral or metal > olivine
olivine1837
oliviniferous1845
the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > nesosilicates > [adjective] > olivine or chrysolites
amiantiform1801
olivine1837
amiantoidal1864
peridotic1867
olivinitic1889
olivinic1890
1837 S. Lewis Topogr. Dict. Ireland 34 Imbedded in them are granular olivine augite.
1872 W. S. Symonds Rec. Rocks i. 12 Micaceous and olivine rocks.
1884 Bookseller 6 Nov. 1190 These two books..are bound in bevel boards, with olivine edges.
1967 M. Chandler Ceramics in Mod. World v. 150 Olivine refractories are made almost entirely from crushed and ground uncalcined olivine rock.
1990 Jrnl. Petrol. 31 1230 The olivine phenocrysts are generally euhdral to subhedral.

Compounds

Forming names of rocks containing olivine as a major constituent.
olivine basalt n.
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1888 Amer. Naturalist 22 303 Olivine basalts, in which olivine is an essential constituent, in addition to plagioclase and augite.
1936 J. S. Flett in G. V. Wilson & J. Knox Geol. Orkney & Shetland Islands xvii. 180 They are the only olivine-basalt dykes that have been discovered in the Orkneys.
1998 Current Anthropol. 39 526/2 All six samples are virtually identical and are classified as alkali olivine basalts.
olivine diabase n.
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1878 G. W. Hawes in H. C. Hitchcock Geol. New Hampsh. iv. 56 At times it is well crystallized in the rocks, as, for example, in the olivine diabase of Campton Falls.
1936 Science 22 May 485/2 With a dating of the fresh olivine diabase dikes..it should be possible to determine the chronological position of the Killarnean Revolution.
2000 Canad. Mineralogist 38 217 The olivine diabases..represent renewed partial melting of the same mantle source.
olivine dolerite n.
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1879 N. S. Maskelyne in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 168 298 Some of them might indeed be termed Olivine dolerites, from the abundance of this mineral.
1956 W. Edwards in D. L. Linton Sheffield 15 Boreholes in the southeastern part of the coalfield have revealed thick, sill-like beds of olivine-dolerite and analcime-dolerite.
1999 Terra Nova 11 216 These ages represent tectonic events related to the intrusion of olivine dolerite dykes and sills in SW Finland.
olivine gabbro n.
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1886 J. W. Judd in Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 42 50 Rocks which had been shown..to be very typical ‘olivine-gabbros’, are really of Tertiary age.
1965 E. L. P. Mercy in G. Y. Craig Geol. of Scotl. vii. 243/2 Rhythmic banding in the olivine-gabbros and troctolites has been described.
1993 Science 13 Aug. 903/1 We dated primary biotite from an alkali olivine gabbro..of the Toa pluton by incremental laser-heating.
olivine monzonite n.
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1900 Hill & Kynaston in Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 56 532 Taking..the Kentallen rock as our type, we propose that the term kentallenite should be substituted for olivine-monzonite.
1965 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) A. 257 73 Average modal analyses of olivine-monzonite from Chilembene Hill.
1999 N.Z. Jrnl. Geol. & Geophysics 42 255 Takitimu and Productus Creek Group rocks are intruded by Triassic to Early Jurassic igneous rocks ranging from andesite to diorite and olivine monzonite.
olivine tholeiite n.
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1888 Amer. Naturalist 22 299 As in the augite porphyrite proter, three types are distinguished:—..(c) olivine-tholeiite, an olivine-bearing tholeiite.
1964 Science 30 Oct. 636/2 Tholeiite and olivine-tholeiite magma probably originate by the nearly complete fusion..of the pyroxenitic or eclogitic fraction of mantle rock.
1990 Jrnl. Petrol. 31 1201 The basalts are compositionally diverse and include olivine tholeiites, alkali olivine basalts, basanites, [etc.].

Derivatives

oliˈvinic adj. of, relating to, resembling, or containing olivine.
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the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > nesosilicates > [adjective] > olivine or chrysolites
amiantiform1801
olivine1837
amiantoidal1864
peridotic1867
olivinitic1889
olivinic1890
1890 Cent. Dict. Olivinic, pertaining to, resembling, or characterized by the presence of olivin.
1894 Mineral. Mag. 10 312 A silicate of the olivinic type.
1970 Science 30 Jan. 748 (table) Source. Olivinic Fe.
oliviniferous adj. Obsolete containing or yielding olivine.
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the world > the earth > minerals > mineral sources > [adjective] > yielding a mineral or metal > olivine
olivine1837
oliviniferous1845
1845 Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 14 i. 294 The narrow zone of oliviniferous trap.
oliviˈnitic adj. = olivinic adj.
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the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > nesosilicates > [adjective] > olivine or chrysolites
amiantiform1801
olivine1837
amiantoidal1864
peridotic1867
olivinitic1889
olivinic1890
1889 Amer. Naturalist 23 258 The former include olivinitic and non-olivinitic varieties in different members which the amount of plagioclase varies largely.
1918 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 4 112 The norms of these highly olivinitic basalts do not contain normative nephelite, but contain normative hypersthene.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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