Miassite
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Miassite is a noun meaning (mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral gray mineral containing rhodium and sulfur.
Meaning
(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral gray mineral containing rhodium and sulfur.
Example Sentences
... miassite (claeolite-biotite-syenite) in lovely sapphire-blue crystalline masses, and molybdenite is recorded from two localities. Among other minerals of more or less industrial interest are ilmenite, titanite, magnetite[…]
... miassite (biotite nepheline-syenite), and here is the original locality of the mineral ilmenite. The hills are pitted with little quarries, some of which are still worked for the various minerals got in the miassite and gneiss[…]
... rhodium minerals such as bowieite, genkinite or miassite are found, which are of no significance for technical production. Rhodium is most commonly found as a companion of sulfidic nickel-copper ores , which are mainly mined in[…]
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include majakite, mikasaite, mathiasite, marshite, miharaite, smithite.
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