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Definition: AXINITE

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A borosilicate of alumina, iron, and lime, commonly found in glassy, brown crystals with acute edges.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Axinite" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Etymology:Axinite \Ax"i*nite\, noun. [Named in allusion to the form of the crystals, from the Greek expression an ax.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: AXINITE

Domain Definition
Mining A. The mineral group ferroaxinite, magnesioaxinite, manganaxinite, and tinzenite.b. Triclinic borosilicates with the formula A3 Al2 BSi (sub4) O15 (OH) where A = (Ca, Fe, Mg, Mn). Syn: glass schorl. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Extended Definition: AXINITE

Axinite

Axinite
Axinite from California
General
Chemical formula (Ca,Fe,Mn)3Al2BO3Si4O12OH or Ca2(Fe,Mn)Al2BSi4O15(OH)
Identification
Color Reddish brown to yellow to colorless. Blue, violet, grey.
Crystal habit Tabular, wedge shaped crystals
Crystal system Triclinic
Cleavage Good on {100}
Fracture Conchoidal
Mohs Scale hardness 6.0-7.5
Luster Vitreous
Refractive index nα = 1.672 - 1.693 nβ = 1.677 - 1.701 nγ = 1.681 - 1.704
Optical Properties Biaxial (-)
Birefringence δ = 0.011
Pleochroism Strong
Streak White
Specific gravity 3.18-3.37
References [1][2]

Axinite is a brown to violet-brown, or reddish-brown bladed group of minerals composed of calcium aluminium boro-silicate, (Ca,Fe,Mn)3Al2BO3Si4O12OH. Axinite is pyroelectric and piezoelectric.

The axinite group includes:[1]

  • Ferro-axinite, iron rich, lilac brown to black
  • Magnesio-axinite, magnesium rich, pale blue to gray
  • Manganaxinite, manganese rich, yellow-orange
  • Tinzenite, iron - manganese intermediate, yellow

Gallery

Axinite from California

Axinite

Collection of Ferro-axinite at the National Museum of Natural History

References

  1. a b http://mineral.galleries.com/Minerals/Silicate/AXINITE/AXINITE.htm Mineral Galleries
  2. http://www.mindat.org/min-440.html Mindat

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Topics by Level of Interest: AXINITE

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Axinite 7     Axinite 7

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Computed Synonyms: axinite

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 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   1.1091   axinite     floatstone     pumice, whetstone, holystone, stone, rubstone   
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Translations: AXINITE

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Chinese Simplified 斧石 (axinite). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, axinite. (volunteer & more translations)
Deutsch Axinit (Axinite). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, axinite. (volunteer & more translations)
German Axinit (Axinite). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, axinite. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguk Mal 부석 (floatstone, axinite, float-stone). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, axinite. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguohua 부석 (floatstone, axinite, float-stone). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, axinite. (volunteer & more translations)
High German Axinit (Axinite). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, axinite. (volunteer & more translations)
Hochdeutsch Axinit (Axinite). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, axinite. (volunteer & more translations)
Korean 부석 (floatstone, axinite, float-stone). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, axinite. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: AXINITE

Language Translations for “axinite” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag athagaxathaginathagite (axinite). Additional references: Athag, axinite. (volunteer)
Double Dutch agaxaginagite (axinite). Additional references: Double Dutch, axinite. (volunteer)
Esperanto Aksinito (Axinite). Additional references: Esperanto, axinite. (volunteer)
Leet /\><1[\]17£ (axinite). Additional references: Leet, axinite. (volunteer)
Oppish opaxopinopite (axinite). Additional references: Oppish, axinite. (volunteer)
Pig Latin axiniteway (axinite). Additional references: Pig Latin, axinite. (volunteer)
Terran B Axinit (Axinite). Additional references: Terran B, axinite. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi ubaxubinubite (axinite). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, axinite. (volunteer)
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