单词 | armalcolite |
释义 | armalcoliten. Mineralogy. A dark grey, titanium-rich mineral discovered in lunar rock samples and subsequently found (though rarely) in terrestrial rocks.Armalcolite is a titanate of magesium and ferrous iron, (Fe2+,Mg)Ti2O5, belonging to the pseudobrookite group; its formation requires rapid cooling to prevent conversion to ilmenite and rutile. Crystal system: orthorhombic. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > oxides and hydroxides > [noun] > oxides of titanium, tantalum, nickel, or rare earths > others crichtonite1813 polymignite1826 warwickite1838 samarskite1849 adelpholite1859 guarinite1859 hielmite1861 tapiolite1868 sipylite1877 koppite1880 stibiotantalite1893 lewisite1895 mossite1898 neotantalite1903 priorite1907 arizonite1909 betafite1912 ampangabeite1913 ishikawaite1922 tanteuxenite1928 thoreaulite1934 simpsonite1937 priderite1951 irinite1955 obruchevite1955 lueshite1961 pseudo-ixiolite1963 wodginite1963 pseudorutile1966 armalcolite1970 1970 A. T. Anderson et al. in Proc. Apollo 11 Lunar Sci. Conf. I. 55 Armalcolite (Fe0·5Mg0·5Ti2O5), a new magnesium-rich opaque oxide related to the pseudobrookite series, was discovered independently by six research groups in their examination of different samples of the lunar material collected from Mare Tranquillitatis. 1975 Physics & Chem. Earth 9 305 The first terrestrial occurrence of armalcolite..is reported from DuToitspan [in South Africa]. 1978 J. M. Pasachoff & M. L. Kutner University Astron. xiv. 398 (caption) A crystal of armalcolite..examined under a polarization microscope. 2006 R. Grapes Pyrometamorphism vi. 211 These are rimmed and replaced by high temperature armalcolite. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1970 |
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