galaxite
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Galax + -ite after the town of Galax, Virginia, USA.
Noun
[edit]galaxite (usually uncountable, plural galaxites)
- (mineralogy) A brownish-red spinel mineral found in carbonate-rich metamorphosed manganese ore deposits.
Further reading
[edit]- David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Galaxite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “galaxite”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.