单词 | titanite |
释义 | titaniten. a. Mineralogy. The mineral rutile, which consists of titanium dioxide. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > oxides and hydroxides > [noun] > rutile and uranite groups A02 > rutile red schorl1794 titanite1796 nigrine1805 rutile1805 rutilite1805 ilmenorutile1861 1796 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) II. xxiii. 329 Titanite. The Metallic nature of this substance, which many have called a Red Shorl..has been lately discovered by the indefatigable Klaproth. 1812 H. Davy Elements Chem. Philos. 430 Titanium is obtained from a mineral long known by the name of red schorl or titanite. 1853 T. Ross tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. Amer. III. xxvi. 115 We found some [veins]..full of small fasciculated crystals of rutile titanite. b. The metal titanium, obtained from the mineral rutile. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > metals > specific elements > titanium > [noun] titanite1796 titanium1796 titan1806 menachin1818 titanium sponge1950 1796 G. Pearson in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 86 426 As for the substances called tungsten, uranite, menackanite, and titanite, we have not yet had sufficient evidence to prove their being peculiar metals. 1799 Monthly Rev. Nov. 349 Among the metals, are overlooked the Tellurite..and Titanite. 2. Mineralogy. A titanium-containing mineral occurring in granitic and metamorphic rocks, often in wedge-shaped crystals, and varying in colour from reddish brown to grey, yellow, and green. Also called sphene.Titanite is a silicate of calcium and titanium, CaTiSiO5. Small amounts of other elements may be present, including iron, aluminium, and manganese. Crystal system: monoclinic. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > nesosilicates > [noun] > subsaturate group > sphene or titanite spinthere1805 sphene1815 ligurite1816 titanite1816 semeline1836 greenovite1840 grothite1867 titanomorphite1880 titan1882 1816 J. T. James Jrnl. Tour ii. 201 Granitic gneiss is the common basis..; it contains..garnet, black tourmalin, iron in grains slightly oxidised,..and occasionally..titanite. 1858 J. D. Dana Min. (1868) 385 Titanite occurs in imbedded crystals in granite, gneiss, mica, schist, syenite [etc.]. 1879 F. Rutley Study of Rocks x. 140 Sphene (titanite) crystallises in the monoclinic system. 1929 G. P. Merrill Minerals from Earth & Sky ii. iv. 273 A stone that surpasses the diamond in fire but can not compete with it as a gem because of the softness of its substance, is titanite, a silicate of calcium and titanium. 1955 R. M. Pearl How to know Minerals & Rocks 140 A silicate of calcium and titanium (CaTiSiO5), sphene owes its name to the wedge-shaped crystals in which it often grows. An equally familiar name is titanite, indicating its chemical composition. 2006 Lithos 91 2/2 Khibiny is..also famous for its diverse minor and accessory minerals, which include eudialyte, titanite and astrophyllite. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1796 |
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