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simetite Min.|ˈsɪm-, ˈsiːmətaɪt|
Also Simetite.
[a. It. simetite (O. Helm 1887, in Malpighia I. 54), f. Simeto, name of a river in Sicily: see -ite1.]
A variety of amber, usu. reddish, found in Sicily.
1892E. S. Dana Dana's Syst. Mineral. (ed. 6) 1005 Simetite... A resin near amber from near Mt. Etna, Sicily. Remarkable for its deep red color and often showing a beautiful fluorescence. 1915R. Lankester Diversions of Naturalist ix. 71 The Sicilian amber (called ‘Simetite’) was not known to the ancients. 1932G. C. Williamson Bk. of Amber 209 Some of the very clearest pieces of golden Simetite possess bloom and flashes of blue. 1969Beaver Summer 29/2 Reddish amber from Sicily, called simetite, is also a succinite. |