breunnerite
noun
breun·ner·ite
ˈbrȯinəˌrīt,
ˈbru̇n-
plural -s
1
: a ferruginous dolomite or magnesite
2
: a mineral consisting of the isomorphous system of magnesium, iron, and manganese carbonate (Mg,Fe,Mn)CO3
Word History
Etymology
Count August Breunner (or Breuner)-Enkevoirth †1879 Austrian nobleman and mineral collector + -ite entry 1
Note: Term introduced by the Austrian mineralogist and physicist Wilhelm von Haidinger (1795-1871) in his expanded translation (Treatise on Mineralogy, or the Natural History of the Mineral Kingdom, Edinburgh, 1825, vol. 1, p. 411) of Friedrich Mohs Grundriss der Mineralogie (Dresden, 1822). Breunner was a patron of both Mohs and Haidinger, and traveled with Haidinger to France and England in the 1820's.
- indigestibility
- indigestible
- indigestiblenesses
- indigestibles
- indigestion
- indigestions
- indigestive
- Indigirka
- indigitate
- indign
- indignance
- indignancy
- indignant
- indignantly
- indignation
- indignation meeting
- indignations
- indignify
- indignities
- indignities to the person
- indignity
- indigo
- indigo bird
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