单词 | mackayite |
释义 | mackayiten. Mineralogy. A green, tetragonal, hydrated tellurite of ferric iron, FeTe2O5(OH), occurring as pyramidal to short prismatic crystals. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > oxides and hydroxides > antimonites, arsenites, etc. > [noun] > tellurites teineite1939 mackayite1944 poughite1968 1944 Frondel & Pough in Amer. Mineralogist 29 217 The new mineral described here under the name mackayite was found in specimens from two deposits in Goldfield, Nevada. 1944 Frondel & Pough in Amer. Mineralogist 29 218 At the instance of Mr. C. D. Woodhouse, the writers propose the name mackayite for the species after John W. Mackay (1831–1902), a mining operator who in a few years amassed a great fortune on the Comstock Lode, Nevada. The name is intended to recognize Mackay's financial endowment of the School of Mines of the University of Nebraska. 1968 I. Kostov Mineral. 518 Mackayite is tetragonal.., found as short prismatic green crystals. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1944 |
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