Aikinite
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Definition of the noun Aikinite
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noun
- [mineralogy] A sulfide mineral of lead, copper and bismuth.
Explanation
Aikinite is a sulfide mineral of lead, copper and bismuth with formula PbCuBiS₃. It forms black to grey or reddish brown acicular orthorhombic crystals with a Mohs hardness of 2 to 2.5 and a specific gravity of 6.1 to 6.8. It was originally found in 1843 in the Beryozovskoye deposit, Ural Mountains. It is named after Arthur Aikin, an English geologist.
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The Mining Investor (1907)
The Mining InvestorAikinite is a sulphide oi copper, bismuth and lead, and the discovery near Round Mountain carries 740 ounces oi silver to the ton. Nearly seven thousand men were killed or injured in the coal mines operated in this country during 1906.
A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences ... (1874)
by Henry Watts
Agrostemmine - - • e s - Aikinite.—Air - .
The International Encyclopaedic Dictionary ... (1901)
mineral called also AIKINITE (q.v.). See also Acic quality of £ ag-In-otis, a... [In Fr, acineur.] ULAR BISMUTh. Lang., 6th ed., ii. 54. Min. : Consisting of minute granular concretions. fâte, fåt, färe, amidst, whät, fall, father; wé, wét, here, camel, hêr, ...
Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology (1992)
by Christopher G. Morris, Academic Press
aikinite Mineralogy. PbCuBiS,. an opaque, lead- gray orthorhombic mineral with a metallic luster, massive in habit or as prismatic ...
A Supplement to Ure's Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines (1863)
by Robert Hunt
— Aikinite — called also Needle Ore, and the plumbo- cupriferous ...
Comprehensive Dictionary of Petroleum Science and Technology (1993)
by Magdeleine Moureau, Gerald Brace
aikinite - aikinite/ (miner).
THE ENCYCLOPAEDIC DICTIONARY (1896)
Preparations of bismuth are sometimes employed externally as cosmetics, but when a sulphuretted gas acts upon them they blacken the face, *f Acicular Bismuth is = Aikinite ; Carbon* ate of Bismuth = Bismuth Carbonate ; Cupreous Bismuth ...
Universal Dictionary of the English Language (1900)
A New and Original Work Presenting for Convenient Reference the Orthography, Pronuciation, Meaning, Use, Origin and Development of Every Word in the English Language... by Robert Hunter, Charles Morris
Acicular Bismuth is = Aikinite; Carbonate 0] Bismuth = Bismuth Carbonate; Cupreous Bismuth ...
Universal Dictionary of the English Language: A-Cre (1899)
by Robert Hunter, Charles Morris
Acicular Bismuth is : Aikinite; Carbonare of Bismuth : Bismuth Carbonate; Cupreoue Bismuth : (a Aikinite, (b) Wittichemte; Oxide of Bismu = Bismite; Silicate of Bismuth : Eulytite ; Sui um of Bismuth = Bismuthinite; Telluric ' uth=Tetradymita ...
The Modern World Dictionary of the English Language ... (1896)
To which is Added a Compendium of Historical, Biographical, Geographical, Scientific, Religious, and Sociological Names, and a Complete Summary of Human Achievement in the Nineteenth & Twentieth Centuries ... by Robert Hunter, Charles Morris
Acicular Bismuth is = Aikinite; Carbonate of Bismuth = Bismuth Carbonate; Cupreows Bismuth = (a) Aikinite, (b) Wittichenite; 0xide of Bismuth. = Bismite ; Silicate of Bismuth = Eulytite : Sulphuret of Bismuth = Bismuthinite; Telluric Bismuth ...
The Encyclopædic Dictionary (1879)
A New and Original Work of Reference to All the Words in the English Language, with a Full Account of Their Origin, Meaning, Pronunciation, and Use by Robert Hunter
bismuth nrc sometimes employed externally as cosmetics, but when a sulphuretted gus acts UJMJU them they blacken the face, IF Acicitlar Bismuth is = Aikinite ; Carbonate of Ilismnth — Bismuth Carbomite ; Cupreous Bismuth — (a) Aikinite ...
Lloyd's Encyclopaedic Dictionary (1896)
A New and Original Work of Refrence to the Words in the English Language
•ff Acicular Bismuth is f= Aikinite ; Carbon- oie 0/ Bismuth = Bismuth Carbonate ; Cupreous BismutJi ...
A Dictionary of the English Language (1870)
by Robert Gordon Latham
bismuth; Aikinite ...
The Encyclopaedia Britannica (1878)
A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature by Thomas Spencer Baynes
Aikinite (Needle-ore), 2(3PbS + Bi1S3)-t-3(CuS + Bi2S3). Right prismatic ; long ...
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