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gilbertite

gilbertite noun: a particular kind of muscovite.

Noun

gilbertite (uncountable)

  1. A particular kind of muscovite.
    • The mass of gilbertite in the specimens in my possession, is mixed with dark purple fluor spar, and with specks of another mineral, which has the aspect of apatite.1836, Thomas Thomson, Outlines of Mineralogy, Geology, and Mineral Analysis, page 235
    • A yellowish or greenish micaceous mineral, observed originally at Stenna Gwynn and since found in several china-stone districts in Cornwall, as at St. Austell and Breage, has been distinguished by the name of Gilbertite—a name given by Dr. Thomas Thomson, in compliment to Davies Gilbert, the...1905, Frederick William Rudler, A Handbook to a Collection of the Minerals of the British Islands, page 27

Origin of gilbertite

From Gilbert + -ite, after Davies Gilbert, British philosopher.

Questions about gilbertite

What does gilbertite mean?
Gilbertite means a particular kind of muscovite.
What part of speech is gilbertite?
Gilbertite is a noun.

Words near gilbertite in the dictionary

  1. Gilbertian
  2. Gilbertianism
  3. Gilbertine
  4. Gilbertines
  5. Gilbertis
  6. gilbertite
  7. gilberts
  8. Gilbertson
  9. Gilbertsons
  10. Gilbertville
  11. Gilbey

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