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geikielite

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English

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Etymology

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Named after Scottish geologist Sir Archibald Geikie (1835–1924) +‎ -lite.

Noun

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geikielite (countable and uncountable, plural geikielites)

  1. (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

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  • David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Geikielite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “geikielite”, in Mindat.org‎[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.
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