单词 | neurolite |
释义 | neuroliten. Mineralogy. Now historical and rare. A variety of clay having a fibrous texture, resembling pinite. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > phyllosilicate > [noun] > mica > pinite pinite1805 gieseckite1821 gigantolite1835 neurolite1836 polyargite1844 parophite1852 liebenerite1865 oosite1868 1836 T. Thomson Outl. Mineral. I. 355 Neurolite. The mineral to which I have given this name was sent me from Stanstead in Lower Canada. [Note] From νευρον, a tendon or string. Named from its fibrous texture. 1850 C. G. B. Daubeny Introd. Atomic Theory (ed. 2) xii. 411 The former combinations are called hydrosilicates... Example: Neurolite. 1868 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 5) 482 Neurolite..occurs at Stanstead [Quebec], forming a belt 150 feet wide; in some places granular and nearly pure, in others schistose and containing quartz. 1993 A. M. Clark Hey's Mineral Index (ed. 3) 491/2 Neurolite, a clay... Doubtful. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1836 |
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