单词 | melanophlogite |
释义 | melanophlogiten. Mineralogy. A form of silica with a clathrate structure containing organic impurities, which crystallizes in the tetragonal system and occurs as minute cubic crystals or thin crusts on sulphur.Formerly thought to be a polymorph of quartz. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > tectosilicate > [noun] > silica > varieties melanophlogite1876 lechatelierite1916 keatite1954 stishovite1962 1876 Nature 28 Sept. 480/2 From the behaviour of the mineral before the blowpipe, the author [sc. von Lasaulx] named it melanophlogite. 1946 Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 54 356/2 The white deposit is composed mainly of gypsum and melanophlogite. 1963 Amer. Mineralogist 48 858 Authentic melanophlogite has been described only from the Sicilian sulfur deposits. 1989 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 167/2 Melanophlogite is a cubic silica mineral with a gas-hydrate structure containing many large voids. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1876 |
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