ankerite

English
Ankerite

Etymology

After the Austrian mineralogist Matthias Joseph Anker (1771-1843) in 1825 +‎ -ite.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɑŋkɚˌaɪt/

Noun

ankerite (plural ankerites)

  1. (mineralogy) Any of a group of mixed carbonate minerals, principally of calcium with iron, magnesium and manganese.
    • 1855 John William Dawson - Acadian geology
      In this second excavation the red ore is more largely mixed with the micaceous specular variety, and also includes large rounded blocks of ankerite and angular fragments of rock.

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Further reading
  • David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Ankerite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “ankerite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.
  1. Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997

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Italian

Noun

ankerite f (plural ankeriti)

  1. (mineralogy) ankerite
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