单词 | roscoelite |
释义 | roscoeliten. Mineralogy. A vanadium-containing mineral of the mica group, occurring as minute greenish or brownish scales.Roscoelite is a silicate and hydroxide of potassium, vanadium, and aluminium, K(V,Al,Mg)2AlSi3O10(OH)2. Crystal system: monoclinic. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > ore > [noun] > metal ore > vanadium, uranium, or radium ore roscoelite1876 carnotite1899 the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > phyllosilicate > [noun] > mica > other micas specular stone1577 cat-silver1585 slude1591 hammochrysos1706 cat-gold1762 micarelle1794 phyllite1828 damourite1846 roscoelite1876 micarellite1885 scyelite1885 taeniolite1899 1876 J. Blake in Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 112 31 The mineral, to which I have given the name of Roscoelite,—in honor of Professor Roscoe, of Manchester, who has done so much for the chemical history of vanadium,—is a well marked species of mica, containing quite a large percentage of vanadium. 1943 R. D. George Minerals & Rocks iii. 92 As an ore of vanadium, roscoelite has been found chiefly in western Colorado. 1974 Encycl. Brit. Micropædia X. 346/3 Vanadium is the 22nd most abundant element in the Earth's crust. Some commercial sources are the minerals carnotite, vanadinite, and roscoelite. 1996 Sc. Jrnl. Geol. 32 127 Roscoelite..occurs in the cores of reduction spots within the Lower Old Red Sandstone that crops out in Gamrie Bay (Moray Firth). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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