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 the Names of Minerals Including Their History and Etymology (1896)
by Albert Huntington Chester
Aikinite Aimantine Anhydro-ferrite Anthraxolite Calcite Capillose Chromoferrite Donacargyrite Euchlorose ...
A Supplement to Ure's Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines (1863)
by Robert Hunt
— Aikinite — called also Needle Ore, and the plumbo- cupriferous ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Encyclopaedic Dictionary (1896)
A New, Original and Exhaustive Work of Reference to All English Words, Their Origin, Development, Orthography, Pronunciation, Meaning and Legitimate Or Customary Use ... by Robert Hunter, Charles Morris
Acicular Bismuth is = Aikinite; Carbonate of Bismuth = Bismuth Carbonate; Cupreous Bismuth = (a) Aikinite, (b) Wittichenite; Oxide of Bismuth = Bismite; Silicate of Bismuth = Eulytite; Sulphuret of Bismuth = Bismuthinite; Telluric Bismuth ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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
Preparations of 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 ...
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 ...
A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art (1875)
Comprising the Definitions and Derivations of the Scientific Terms in General Use, Together with the History and Descriptions of the Scientific Principles of Nearly Every Branch of Human Knowledge by William Thomas Brande, George William Cox
Aikinite. A mineralogical synonym for acicular bismuth. [NEEDLE-oRE. ] rendered lime-water more than usually turbid. The relative proportion of carbonic acid is more variable; yet this gas is found in air Air, Atmospheric (Gr. āhp, air).
A dictionary of chemistry (1863)
by Henry Watts
Agrostemmine — Aikinite. — Air 63 Ajuga reptans — Akanticon. — Akcetbin (a . Acetone) . — Akmite (s. Achmite) — Akontite — Alabandin (s. Manganese- glance) . — Alabaster — Alalite (a. Diopaide) .... — Alanine — Alantiu (a. Inulin) .
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