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单词 livingstonite
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livingstoniten.

Brit. /ˈlɪvɪŋstənʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈlɪvɪŋstəˌnaɪt/
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element; modelled on a Spanish lexical item. Etymons: proper name Livingstone , -ite suffix1.
Etymology: < the name of David Livingstone (see Livingstone daisy n.) + -ite suffix1, after Spanish livingstonite (M. Barcena 1874, in Naturaleza 3 37) .
Mineralogy.
A greyish-black mercury-containing mineral occurring typically as needles and fibrous crystals.Livingstonite is a sulphide of antimony and mercury, HgSb4S8. Crystal system: monoclinic.
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1874 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 108 145 Livingstonite much resembles in color and aspect stibnite or sulphid of antimony.
1905 Engin. & Mining Jrnl. 2 Mar. 417/3 Great bonanza bodies of livingstonite were discovered.
2001 J. Emsley Nature's Building Blocks 258 Another important mercury ore is livingstonite.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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