α. 1800s volcanite.
β. 1800s vulcanite.
单词 | volcanite |
释义 | † volcaniten.1α. 1800s volcanite. β. 1800s vulcanite. Mineralogy. Obsolete. rare. = augite n. Cf. pyroxene n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > inosilicates single chain > [noun] > pyroxene pyroxene1800 volcanite1802 vulcanite1856 1802 T. Thomson Syst. Chem. III. 505 Augite. Pyroxen of Hauy.—Volcanite of Delametherie. 1852 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art (ed. 2) Suppl. 1421/2 Vulcanite, a mineralogical synonym of the pyroxene, or volcanic garnet. 1889 J. L. Lobley Mount Vesuvius x. 315 Pyroxene, Haüy (Pirossene), Augite, Volcanite. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2020). volcaniten.2 Mineralogy. rare. Now disused. = selensulphur n. at selen- comb. form 1. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > sulphides and related minerals > [noun] > other selenides volcanite1848 zorgite1852 tiemannite1868 umangite1891 1848 Synopsis Contents Brit. Mus. (ed. 53) 60 Specimens of sulphur, from the Lippari island of Volcano, incrusted and coloured by reddish-brown or orange red particles, which are a combination of selenium with sulphur, to which the name of volcanite has been given. 1875 Geol. Mag. 2nd Decade 2 112 The mixture of sulphur and selenium deposited here [sc. Vulcano] received from Haidinger the name of ‘Volcanite’. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XXVIII. 185/2 A brown seleniferous sulphur occurring at Vulcano..was termed by W. Haidinger volcanite, but it should be noted that Professor W. H. Hobbs has applied this name to an anorthoclase-augite rock ejected as bombs at Vulcano. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.11802n.21848 |
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