| 单词 | white schorl |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhite schorl Formerly applied loosely to various other minerals, esp. with prefixed adjective, as in white schorl, a name for albite, blue schorl, hauyne, etc.extracted from schorln.white schorl white schorl n. [probably after French schorl blanc (1774 or earlier) or its probable model German weißer Schorl (1773 or earlier)] now rare = albite n. ΚΠ 1777 G. Forster Voy. round World II. ii. v. 26 The rocks..contained volcanic productions, or different kinds of lava, some of which are full of white and greenish sherls. 1834 R. Allan Man. Mineral. 137 Romé de l'Isle first distinguished it [sc. albite] as a particular species under the name of white schorl. 1907 Mineral. Mag. 14 335 This colourless, acicular tourmaline is not unlike the achroite or white schorl sometimes met with in the Cornish tin mines. < as lemmas |
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