arkansite

English

Noun

arkansite (uncountable)

1. (mineralogy) Synonym of brookite
   • 1846 April 2, “The Arkansite & Thermalite”, in New York Municipal Gazette‎^[1], volume 1, number 40, page 545:

     Mr. Ward has presented me with specimens of the Arkansite, and also with specimens of the Thermalite, and I have recently received from him at two different times, via New Orleans, various other geologicacl specimens of great interest, and also an aqualogical specimen, being a bottle of the water of the Hot Springs, which when taken from the spring was of the temperature of 148° of Farenheit.

   • 1880, Catalogue of Minerals & Tables of the Species‎^[2]:

     Some crystals of arkansite from Magnet Cove, which I obtained some time ago through Mr. B. Hurtz, are in many respects very remarkable, and different from those usually obtained at the above locality.

   • 1920, Outlines of the Geology, Soils and Minerals of the State of Arkansas‎^[3]:

     One of the rare minerals found in Magnet Cove, which has attracted wide attention among students of geology, is Arkansite (Titanic acid or Brookite).