单词 | maskelynite |
释义 | maskelyniten. Mineralogy. A colourless glassy aluminosilicate of calcium and sodium with the composition of plagioclase, found in certain kinds of meteorite. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > tectosilicate > [noun] > other tektosilicates sarcolite1814 allophane1817 gmelinite1825 levyne1825 schrötterite1844 levynite1868 maskelynite1875 steatoid1877 griqualandite1887 tiger-eye1891 pennantite1946 tacharanite1961 1875 E. S. Dana in J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (new ed.) App. ii. 37 Maskelynite. 1921 Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. 32 402 The name maskelynite..was first given by Tschermak to an isotropic constituent of the habit and composition of a labradorite feldspar occurring in the stone of Shergotty. The name has since been extended to cover a colorless interstitial substance, sometimes quite isotropic and sometimes faintly doubly refracting, of like appearance and habit, and a common if not universal constituent of the chondritic meteorites. 1971 Physics Bull. Oct. 578/2 It appears that intense shock disorders the lattice to produce the isotropic mineral maskelynite. 1994 Nature 2 June 356/1 Its dominant mineralogy is a homogeneous orthopyroxene, with minor chromite, maskelynite,..and carbonate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1875 |
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