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单词 mottramite
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mottramiten.

Brit. /ˈmɒtrəmʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈmɑtrəˌmaɪt/
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Mottram , -ite suffix1.
Etymology: < the name of Mottram St Andrew, a town in Cheshire + -ite suffix1 (see quot. 1876).
Mineralogy.
An orthorhombic basic vanadate of lead, copper, and zinc occurring as green or brownish blades or black encrustations and forming a series with descloizite.
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1876 H. E. Roscoe in Proc. Royal Soc. 25 111 The second vanadium mineral, to which I propose to give the name of Mottramite, occurs as a crystalline incrustation on Keuper sandstone found at Alderley Edge and at Mottram St. Andrew's, in Cheshire.
1979 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) A. 291 312 The following minerals have been identified: garnet, anatase,..mottramite, zircon, [etc.].
1992 Jrnl. Russell Soc. 4 61/2 Mottramite (especially when black or brown) is not the most conspicuous of minerals.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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