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单词 octahedrite
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octahedriten.

Brit. /ˌɒktəˈhiːdrʌɪt/, U.S. /ˌɑktəˈhiˌdraɪt/
Forms: 1800s– octahedrite, 1800s– octohedrite.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: octahedron n., -ite suffix1.
Etymology: < octahedron n. + -ite suffix1, after French octaédrite (H.-B. de Saussure Voyages dans les Alpes (1796) IV. 85).On the form in octo- see the discussion at octa- comb. form. N.E.D. (1902) gives also the pronunciation (-he·drəit) /-ˈhɛdraɪt/ for the second element.
1. Mineralogy. A mineral consisting of titanium dioxide and forming octahedral crystals. Now usually called anatase.
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the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > oxides and hydroxides > [noun] > rutile and uranite groups A02 > anatase
octahedrite1805
anatase1843
1805 R. Jameson Syst. Mineral. II. 493 Octahedrite... Its colour passes from indigo-blue, through many shades, to dark reddish-brown and yellowish-brown.
1818 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 108 225 (table) Octohedrite.
1868 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 5) 162 De Saussure's name octahedrite has priority, and is particularly appropriate, the crystals being usually octahedrons.
1959 C. S. Hurlbut Dana's Man. Mineral. (ed. 17) ii. 79 For zircon the length of the vertical axis is expressed as c = 0.901, for octahedrite as c = 1.777.
1974 W. R. Hamilton et al. Hamlyn Guide Minerals Rocks & Fossils (1989) 50 Anatase (Octahedrite) TiO2.
2. An iron meteorite which shows a Widmanstätten structure on etching, due to intimate intergrowths of plates of kamacite with narrow borders of taenite oriented parallel to the faces of a regular octahedron.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > a stone > [noun] > meteorite > other meteorites
air-stone1608
iron1802
aerolite1810
aerolith1811
uranolite1815
star-glint1825
brontolith1860
aerosiderite1863
aerosiderolite1863
pallasite1863
siderolite1863
siderite1866
mesosiderite1868
howardite1881
chondrite1883
oligosiderite1883
plessite1885
diogenite1895
achondrite1904
octahedrite1905
nakhlite1916
ureilite1916
stony-iron1918
micrometeorite1949
1905 Field Columbian Mus. Publ.: Geol. Series 3 4 The composition of the meteorite is thus seen to be that usual to medium octahedrites, with a high percentage of phosphorus.
1944 C. Palache et al. Dana's Syst. Mineral. (ed. 7) I. 120 A similar structureless aspect can be obtained in an octahedrite by prolonged heating at about 900°.
1974 Encycl. Brit. Micropædia VII. 477/2 Besides nickel-iron, major minerals in octahedrites are troilite and schreibersite.
1992 S. P. Maran Astron. & Astrophysics Encycl. 431/1 Irons composed only of kamacite are called hexahedrites; those appearing only to contain taenite..are abaxites; those with both phases are octahedrites.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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