geikielite
English edit
Etymology edit
Named after Scottish geologist Sir Archibald Geikie (1835–1924) + -lite.
Noun edit
geikielite (countable and uncountable, plural geikielites)
- (mineralogy) A trigonal-rhombohedral mineral containing magnesium, oxygen, and titanium.
- 1948, Frank K. McIntosh, McHenry Mosier, Investigation of Wood Chromite Mine Area Lancaster County, PA, page 7:
- The free energy remains negative throughout the whole temperature range, indicating that the association forstorite + ilmenite is thermodynamically more stable than foyalite + geikielite.
Further reading edit
- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Geikielite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “geikielite”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.