humiten.
/ˈhjuːmʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
A fluo-silicate of magnesium, long considered a variety of chondrodite, but now, on crystallographical grounds, made a distinct species.
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1814 T. Allan Mineral. Nomencl. 45 Humite, is a substance mentioned by Bournon.
1852 H. J. Brooke & W. H. Miller Phillips's Elem. Introd. Mineral. (new ed.) 353 Humite has been described..as belonging to the prismatic system.
1895 N. Story-Maskelyne Crystallogr. §317 Twins of humite occur, twinned in two ways.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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