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beekite Min.|ˈbiːkaɪt|
Also beckite |ˈbɛkaɪt|.
[f. the name of Henry Beeke, dean of Bristol (d. 1837): see -ite1.]
(See quots.)
[1847A. Dufrénoy Traité de Minéralogie III. 750 Beckite, petites masses concrétionnées, à structure botrioïde, d'un gris rougeâtre, d'un gris sale, qui rayent le verre.] 1856W. Pengelly in Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. (Trans.) 74 The most interesting things found in the red Triassic conglomerates of Torbay are the Beekites, so named from the late Dr. Beeke, Dean of Bristol, by whom, it is believed, they were first noticed. Ibid., The interior of the Beekite is calcareous. 1896A. H. Chester Dict. Min. 29 Beekite,..a chalcedonic pseudomorph after corals or shells, often called beckite. The specimens are locally known as beekites, the name probably being used prior to the reference given [i.e. 1847, cited above]. 1950New Biol. VIII. 85 Replacement by silica may also start from various centres on the shells of molluscs, producing an imperfect crystallization in rings (known as beekite structure). |