saussuriten.
/ˈsɔːsjʊərʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
A very compact variety of zoisite. saussurite-gabbro n. a variety of gabbro in which the component feldspar and diallage have been partly altered to saussurite.
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the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > tectosilicate > [noun] > feldspar > mixed or intergrowth feldspars
jade1595
granitone1811
saussurite1811
aventurine feldspar1816
perthite1843
myrmekite1911
aventurine sunstone-
1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy I. 362 Saussurite..from the western isles of Scotland.
1880 F. W. Rudler in Encycl. Brit. XIII. 541/1 H. B. de Saussure..found a greenish mineral, of singular toughness, which he described as jade... Its chemical composition, however, is quite unlike that of jade, and Beudant separated it as a distinct mineral under the name of ‘saussurite’.
1885 Judd in Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 41 398 The saussurite-gabbros.
Derivatives
saussuˈritic adj. resembling, pertaining to, or characterized by the presence of saussurite.
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the world > the earth > minerals > mineral sources > [adjective] > yielding a mineral or metal > others
amethystine1670
marcasitical1670
cawky1676
blendy1683
sylvanitic1796
ytter1805
phosphatic1818
pyroxenic1819
hornblendic1823
muriatiferous1823
platiniferous1828
quartziferous1831
hypersthenic1838
schorly1838
uralitic1845
blendous1847
rutilated1849
orthoclase1853
palladiferous1866
peridotic1867
paragonitic1868
vivianitized1870
andesitic1876
tremolitic1880
phosphoriferous1881
kaolinitic1885
saussuritic1885
perthitic1887
strontianiferous1888
radiferous1899
myrmekitic1916
montmorillonitic1939
illitic1949
the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > tectosilicate > [adjective] > feldspar > varieties of feldspar
orthoclase1853
andesitic1876
saussuritic1885
perthitic1887
myrmekitic1916
1885 Bonney Addr. Geol. Soc. 70 The felspar being changed into a saussuritic mineral.
saussuritiˈzation n. (also incorrectly saussuriˈzation) conversion into saussurite, or the process by which saussurite is formed.
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the world > the earth > minerals > change processes > [noun] > conversion to specific mineral
zeolitization1879
serpentinization1885
sericitization1888
uralitization1888
saussuritization1889
variolitization1890
propylitization1903
muscovitization1909
scapolitization1909
mylonitization1913
mylonization1913
myrmekitization1916
nephelinization1943
spilitization1946
1889 M'Mahon in Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 45 532 The felspar in all these rocks affords more or less evidence of incipient saussurization.
1893 A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 3) 618 Saussuritization, the alteration of plagioclase into an aggregate of needles, prisms, or grains..imbedded in a glass-like matrix.., by an exchange of silica and alkali for lime, iron and water.
ˈsaussuritized adj. converted into saussurite, or having component minerals converted into saussurite.
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the world > the earth > minerals > change processes > [adjective] > converted to specific mineral
phosphated1802
sericitized1889
muscovitized1897
mylonized1901
saussuritized1907
scapolitized1909
uralitized1909
mylonitized1910
nephelinized1943
spilitized1962
1907 J. S. Flett in W. A. E. Ussher Geol. Plymouth & Liskeard 101 There are..saussuritized residues of felspar.
1954 Mineral. Mag. XXX. 525 The high density..of the rock..distinguishes it from saussuritized gabbros.
1974 Nature 25 Jan. 195/2 The plagioclase of the gabbros is often saussuritised.
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