galaxite

English

Etymology

From Galax +‎ -ite after the town of Galax, Virginia, USA.

Noun

galaxite (usually uncountable, plural galaxites)

1. (mineralogy) A brownish-red spinel mineral found in carbonate-rich metamorphosed manganese ore deposits.

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Galaxite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “galaxite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.