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单词 volcanite
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volcaniten.1

Forms:

α. 1800s volcanite.

β. 1800s vulcanite.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: volcano n., -ite suffix1.
Etymology: < volcan- (in volcano n.) + -ite suffix1, after French volcanite ( J. C. Delamétherie Sciagraphie (1792) II. 401).
Mineralogy. Obsolete. rare.
= augite n. Cf. pyroxene n.
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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

Brit. /ˈvɒlkənʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈvɔlkəˌnaɪt/, /ˈvɑlkəˌnaɪt/
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: proper name Volcano , Vulcano , -ite suffix1.
Etymology: < Volcano, now usually Vulcano, the name of one of the Aeolian Islands + -ite suffix1, after German Volcanit ( H. Staudinger Handb. der bestimmenden Mineral. (1845) 573); compare quot. 1848.
Mineralogy. rare. Now disused.
= selensulphur n. at selen- comb. form 1.
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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).
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