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AXINITE , a See also:mineral consisting of a complex See also:aluminium and See also:calcium boro-silicate with a small amount of basic See also:hydrogen; the calcium is partly replaced in varying amounts by ferrous See also:iron and See also:manganese, and the aluminium by ferric iron: the See also:formula is HCa3BAl2(SiO4)4. The mineral was named (from &eivrg an See also:axe) by R. J. flatly in 1799, on See also:account of the See also:char-
acteristic thin See also:- WEDGE (O. Eng. wecg, a mass of metal, cognate with Dutch wig, wigge, Dan. vaegge, &c.; in Lith. the cognate form outside Teut. is found in wagis, a peg, spigot; there is no connexion with " weigh," " weight," which must be referred to the root wegh, to li
wedge-like See also:form of its anorthic crystals. The See also:colour is usually clove-See also:- BROWN
- BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
- BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
- BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
- BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
- BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
- BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
- BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
- BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
- BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
- BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
- BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
- BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
- BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
- BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
- BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
- BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
- BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
- BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
- BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
- BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
- BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
- BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)
brown, but rarely it has a See also:violet tinge (on this account the mineral was named yanolite, meaning violet See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone, by J. C. Delametherie in 1792). The best specimens are afforded by the beautifully See also:developed transparent glassy crystals, found with See also:albite, See also:prehnite and See also:quartz, in a See also:zone of See also:amphibolite and See also:chlorite-See also:schists at Le Bourg d'Oisans in See also:Dauphine. It is found in the greenstone and See also:hornblende-schists of Batallack See also:Head near St Just in See also:Cornwall, and in See also:diabase in the Harz; and small ones in See also:Maine and in See also:Northampton See also:county, See also:Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Large crystals have also been found in See also:Japan. In its occurrence in basic rather than in See also:acid eruptive rocks, axinite differs from the boro-silicate See also:tourmaline, which is usually found in See also:granite. The specific gravity is 3.28. The hardness of 62-7, combined with the colour and transparency, renders axinite applicable for use as a See also:gem-stone, the Dauphine crystals being occasionally cut for this purpose. (L. J.
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