单词 | mellite |
释义 | melliten. Mineralogy. Hydrated aluminium mellitate, Al2[C6(COO)6].18H2O, a tetragonal mineral occurring naturally as honey-yellow crystals, esp. in lignite. Also called honey-stone.First found in seams of lignite in Thuringia, Germany. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > oxides and hydroxides > [noun] > other oxides > oxides of two elements honey stone1792 bismuth-ochre1796 mellilite1796 melilithus1800 mellite1801 melilite1814 manganesite1823 heterocline1844 romeine1844 crednerite1849 roméite1849 whewellite1852 manganite1865 magnesioferrite1868 oxammite1870 molybdomenite1885 lautarite1892 tripuhyite1897 coronadite1904 hollandite1906 melanovanadite1921 quenselite1926 salesite1939 yttrotungstite1950 ordoñezite1953 1801 Jrnl. Nat. Philos. Feb. 516 Honigstein..has a light yellow colour, which has caused it to obtain the name of mellite, or honey stone. 1823 W. Phillips Elem. Introd. Mineral. (ed. 3) 374 Mellite... It is of various shades of honey-yellow, and occurs granular and crystallized in the form of an obtuse octohedron. 1878 P. H. Lawrence tr. B. von Cotta Rocks Classified (new ed.) 66 Mellite occurs as an accessory ingredient in Brown Coal. 1910 Science 19 Aug. 249/1 The volume is concluded with an appendix to the carbonates (whewellite and mellite). 1973 Acta Crystallogr. B. 29 26/1 Mellite is a hydrous salt of benzenehexacarboxylic acid; it occurs associated with brown coal and lignite. 1991 Rocks & Minerals 66 65/2 Beautiful crystals of mellite from a coal mine in Tatabanya, Hungary, have appeared at mineral shows. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † melliteadj. Obsolete. rare. Sweetened with honey. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sweetness > [adjective] sweetc888 sootc950 doucea1350 sweetlya1350 softa1398 lusciousc1420 dulcet1440 mellite?1440 sugarishc1450 dulce1508 ambrosiana1522 figgy?1549 nut-sweet1586 nectaredc1595 dulcid1596 marmalady1602 fat1610 unsharp1611 unsour1611 marmalade1617 dulcorous1676 dulceous1688 saccharaceous1689 sugar-candyish1852 saccharic1945 tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) ii. 262 (MED) Wyn mellite..saue hem shall. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1801adj.?1440 |
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