单词 | xanthite |
释义 | xanthiten. Mineralogy. A variety of vesuvianite or idocrase, occurring in yellowish crystals. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > nesosilicates > [noun] > idocrase or vesuvianite Vesuvian1794 idocrase1804 frugardite1823 xanthite1828 vesuvianite1888 californite1903 1828 Thomson Ann. Lyc. N. Hist. N.Y. III. 44 (Dana). 1843 Penny Cycl. XXVII. 615/1 Xanthite consists of a congeries of small rounded grains,..not larger than small grains of sand. 1851 G. A. Mantell Petrifactions iv. §1. 364. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < |
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