Dictionary - Definition of HUMITE

Definition: HUMITE


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. A mineral of a transparent vitreous brown color, found in the ejected masses of Vesuvius. It is a silicate of iron and magnesia, containing fluorine.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

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

Note: Humite \Hum"ite\, noun. [Named after Sir adjective. Hume.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: HUMITE

Domain	Definition
Noah Webster	[Noun] A mineral of a reddish brown color, and a shining luster; crystallized in octahedrons, much modified by truncation and bevelment. It is named from Sir Abm. Hume.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Mining	The mineral group alleghanyite, chondrodite, clinohumite, humite, jerrygibbsite, leucophoenicite, manganhumite, norbergite, ribbeite, and sonolite; monoclinic and orthorhombic fluosilicates of magnesium, iron, and/or manganese, with hydroxyl commonly replacing fluorine; similar physical properties, and structures closely related to those of the olivines; in metamorphosed dolomitic limestones, or skarns associated with ore deposits; commonly as chondrodite and clinohumite; at the Tilly Fosteriron mine near Brewster and at Franklin, NJ. (references)
Wikipedic	Humite is an orthorhombic mineral of a transparent vitreous brown to orange color. It is found in the volcanically ejected masses of Vesuvius. It is a nesosilicate of iron and magnesium which also contains fluorine and hydroxide. The formula is: (Mg,Fe)7(SiO4)3(F,OH)2. (references)
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Specialty Expressions: HUMITE

Expressions	Domain	Definition
Humite group	Mining	A group of isomorphous minerals consisting of olivine, chondrodite, humite, and clinohumite, and closely resembling one another in chemical composition, physical properties, and crystallization. (references)
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Extended Definition: HUMITE

Humite

Humite specimen with spinel (purple) intergrowth

Humite is an orthorhombic mineral of a transparent vitreous brown to orange color. It is found in the volcanically ejected masses of Vesuvius. It is a nesosilicate of iron and magnesium which also contains fluorine and hydroxide. The formula is: (Mg,Fe)₇(SiO₄)₃(F,OH)₂.

It was first described in 1813 and named for Abraham Hume (1749-1838).

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Translations: HUMITE

Language	Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Français	humite (humite). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, humite. (volunteer & more translations)
French	humite (humite). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, humite. (volunteer & more translations)
Scots Gaelic	huimit (humite). Additional references: Scots Gaelic, United Kingdom, humite. (volunteer & more translations)
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Language	Translations for “humite” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Pig Latin	umitehay (humite). Additional references: Pig Latin, humite. (volunteer)
Terran B	hummit (humite). Additional references: Terran B, humite. (volunteer)
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