AXINITE

Definition: AXINITE

AXINITE

Noun

1. A borosilicate of alumina, iron, and lime, commonly found in glassy, brown crystals with acute edges.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Etymology: Axinite \Ax"i*nite\, noun. [Named in allusion to the form of the crystals, from the Greek expression an ax.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definition
Mining	A. The mineral group ferroaxinite, magnesioaxinite, manganaxinite, and tinzenite. b. Triclinic borosilicates with the formula A3 Al2 BSi (sub4) O15 (OH) where A = (Ca,Fe,Mg,Mn). Syn:glass schorl. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Axinite is a blue, violet-blue, brownish or reddish-brown mineral composed of calcium aluminum boro-silicate. Mohs hardness is 6.5-7. Refractive index is 1.68-1.723. Specific gravity is 3.26-3.41. Crystal structure is triclinic.

Crosswords: AXINITE

Specialty definitions using "AXINITE": limurite. (references)

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Words rhyming with "AXINITE" (pronounced 'Ax"i*nite'): Aconite, Alunite, Anthraconite, Antimonite, Aphanite, Aragonite, Arragonite, Balanite, Basanite, Belemnite, Belonite, Bornite, Caledonite, Cancrinite, Colophonite, Conite, Crinite, Cyanite, Dambonite, Echinite, Encrinite, Eschynite, finite, Galenite, Geocronite, Glauconite, indefinite, kainite, Konite, Kyannite, leptynite, Liroconite, Lomonite, manganite, mannite, Maronite, Meionite, Melaconite, Melanite, Melenite, molybdenite, Munite, Necronite, Nontronite, Ornithichnite, Ornithoidichnite, Otoconite, Paragonite, Pentacrinite, Plagionite. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-i-i-n-t-x"
	-2 letters: axite, entia, nixie, tenia, tinea, xenia.
	-3 letters: ante, anti, etna, exit, inia, inti, ixia, neat, next, nite, nixe, tain, taxi, tine.
	-4 letters: ain, ait, ane, ani, ant, ate, axe, eat, eta, nae, net, nit, nix, tae, tan, tax, tea, ten, tie, tin.
	-5 letters: ae, ai, an, at, ax, en, et, ex, in, it, na.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-i-i-n-t-x"
	+2 letters: anxieties, expiating, expiation.
	+3 letters: antisexist, excitation, expiations, expiration, exuviating, exuviation, indexation, intoxicate.
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