请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 alisonite
释义

alisoniten.

Brit. /ˈalᵻs(ə)nʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈæləs(ə)ˌnaɪt/
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Alison , -ite suffix1.
Etymology: < the name of Robert Edward Alison, 19th-cent. English mine operator in Chile (where the mineral was discovered) + -ite suffix1.
Mineralogy. Now disused.
A copper and lead sulphide mineral of uncertain identity, perhaps a mixture.Said to have the chemical formula Cu6PbS4.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > sulphides and related minerals > [noun] > niccolite group > copper sulphide
blue copper1728
covelline1850
alisonite1859
covellinite1861
indigo-copper1868
1859 F. Field in Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 28 387 I have proposed the name Alisonite for this mineral, in honor of R. E. Alison, who has spent many years in developing the mineral wealth of Chili.
1868 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 5) 84 Alisonite is an indigo-copper, containing a much larger proportion of lead than the cantonite.
?1884 Proc. Colorado Sci. Soc. 1883–4 1 108 He also presented a specimen of artificial alisonite found in the bottom of an old furnace at Argo.
1922 Amer. Mineralogist 7 108 It is thought that this mineral is either alisonite or cuproplumbite.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
n.1859
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/1/29 7:29:13