empholiten.

Brit.

/ˈɛmfəlʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˈɛmfəˌlaɪt/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French empholite.

Etymology: < French empholite (L.-J. Igelström 1883, in Bulletin de la Société Minéralogique de France 6 40) < Hellenistic Greek ἐμϕωλεύειν to lurk in ( < ἐμ- , variant (before a labial) of ἐν- en- prefix² + ancient Greek ϕωλεύειν to lurk in a hole or den < ϕωλεός den, lair, hole: see pholas n.) + French -ite -ite suffix¹; so called on account of the difficulty of spotting the mineral because of its small size and its colour, similar to that of the surrounding rock.

Mineralogy. Now rare.

A mineral consisting of hydrated aluminium oxide (subsequently identified with diaspore).

ΚΠ

1883 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 126 156 Empholite..occurs mixed with cyanite, and in cavities in schistose damornite.

1925 Amer. Mineralogist 10 142 Diasporite has been found in metacolloidal form in Missouri, and the Swedish empholite may be similar; the crystallized form of this mineral is well known.

2000 University Wire (Univ. New Mexico) (Nexis) 6 July Cavosie and Steffen were doing research on a form of rock called empholite, which is believed to be evidence of ancient oceans thought to have existed in Colorado.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	empholite
释义	empholiten. Brit. /ˈɛmfəlʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈɛmfəˌlaɪt/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French empholite. Etymology: < French empholite (L.-J. Igelström 1883, in Bulletin de la Société Minéralogique de France 6 40) < Hellenistic Greek ἐμϕωλεύειν to lurk in ( < ἐμ- , variant (before a labial) of ἐν- en- prefix² + ancient Greek ϕωλεύειν to lurk in a hole or den < ϕωλεός den, lair, hole: see pholas n.) + French -ite -ite suffix¹; so called on account of the difficulty of spotting the mineral because of its small size and its colour, similar to that of the surrounding rock. Mineralogy. Now rare. A mineral consisting of hydrated aluminium oxide (subsequently identified with diaspore). ΚΠ 1883 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 126 156 Empholite..occurs mixed with cyanite, and in cavities in schistose damornite. 1925 Amer. Mineralogist 10 142 Diasporite has been found in metacolloidal form in Missouri, and the Swedish empholite may be similar; the crystallized form of this mineral is well known. 2000 University Wire (Univ. New Mexico) (Nexis) 6 July Cavosie and Steffen were doing research on a form of rock called empholite, which is believed to be evidence of ancient oceans thought to have existed in Colorado. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1883
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