单词 | botryogen |
释义 | botryogenn. Mineralogy. A magnesium-containing mineral that is an alteration product of pyrite typically occurring as reddish crystalline masses, often botryoidal or reniform. Cf. neoplase n., quetenite n.Botryogen is a basic hydrated sulphate of magnesium and ferric iron, MgFe3+(SO4)2(OH)·7H2O. Crystal system: monoclinic. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > sulphates > [noun] > sulphates of two elements > hydrous or hydrated > others botryogen1828 pisanite1861 mendozite1868 kaluszite1875 syngenite1875 leonite1897 vanthoffite1902 1828 Edinb. New Philos. Jrnl. 5 195 Botryogen, a new Mineral Species. 1887 Amer. Naturalist 21 765 The botryogen of commerce was also analyzed, and found not to have the composition of the genuine mineral. 1910 Science 21 Oct. 559/1 The remaining sulphates described are copiapite,..botryogen and cyanotrichite. 1983 Mineral. Rec. 356 The zoning is not always the same but commonly copiapite occurs in the center and botryogen, var. quetnite, occurs as an outside rim. 2004 S. B. Castor & G. C. Ferdock Minerals of Nevada (Nevada Bureau Mines & Geol. Special Pub. 31) iv. 171/1 Botryogen is an uncommon mineral that is slightly soluble in water. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1828 |
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