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metaxite Min.|mɛˈtæksaɪt|
[Named (metaxit) by A. Breithaupt in 1832, f. Gr. µέταξα silk, in allusion to its lustre.]
A name for some fibrous varieties of serpentine.
1836T. Thomson Min. Geol., etc. I. 171 The metaxite of Breithaupt is also a variety of serpentine. 1866Reader 10 Feb. 156/1 Tufts of Metaxite. |