† raphiliten.

Forms: 1800s raphilite, 1800s raphylite.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ῥαϕιδ- , ῥαϕίς , -lite comb. form¹.

Etymology: < ancient Greek ῥαϕιδ-, ῥαϕίς needle (see raphis n.) + -lite comb. form¹.The name raphylite , given in 1835 by C. U. Shepard, may have arisen through communication with Thomson (see quots. 1835, 1836). N.E.D. (1903) gives the pronunciation as (ræ·filəit) /ˈræfɪlaɪt/.

Mineralogy. Obsolete.

= tremolite n.

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tremolite1799

grammatite1803

raphilite1835

1835 T. Thomson Treat. Mineral. 2 153 (Appendix) Raphylite (see Hornblende).

1836 T. Thomson Outl. Mineral. I. 153 Raphilite. I have given this name to a mineral from the township of Perth, Upper Canada.

1871 T. S. Hunt Laurentian Limestones N. Amer. 33 The raphilite, a grayish fibrous hornblende..occurs apparently in a vein with quartz, mica, apatite and calcite.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	raphilite
释义	† raphiliten. Forms: 1800s raphilite, 1800s raphylite. Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ῥαϕιδ- , ῥαϕίς , -lite comb. form¹. Etymology: < ancient Greek ῥαϕιδ-, ῥαϕίς needle (see raphis n.) + -lite comb. form¹.The name raphylite , given in 1835 by C. U. Shepard, may have arisen through communication with Thomson (see quots. 1835, 1836). N.E.D. (1903) gives the pronunciation as (ræ·filəit) /ˈræfɪlaɪt/. Mineralogy. Obsolete. = tremolite n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > amphibole (double chain) > [noun] > tremolite tremolite1799 grammatite1803 raphilite1835 1835 T. Thomson Treat. Mineral. 2 153 (Appendix) Raphylite (see Hornblende). 1836 T. Thomson Outl. Mineral. I. 153 Raphilite. I have given this name to a mineral from the township of Perth, Upper Canada. 1871 T. S. Hunt Laurentian Limestones N. Amer. 33 The raphilite, a grayish fibrous hornblende..occurs apparently in a vein with quartz, mica, apatite and calcite. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1835
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