Gilbertite
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Gilbertite is a noun meaning (mineralogy) A particular kind of muscovite.
Meaning
(mineralogy) A particular kind of muscovite.
Example Sentences
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.
[…] contemporaneous with gold are gilbertite, leptochlorite, tourmaline, iron sulphides, feldspar, (rare) carbonates, and quartz; post gold minerals are quartz, zinc and lead sulphides, and many others of geophases K and L.
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 "Cornish philosopher," who was, at one time President of the Royal Society (b. 1767, d. 1839.)
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include gieseckite, paragonite, margarodite, giorgiosite, fuchsite, guildite.
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