Lexic.us

Definition of Gahnite

1. n. Zinc spinel; automolite.

Definition of Gahnite

1. Noun. (mineral) A rare mineral ZnAl₂O₄ in the spinel group. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gahnite

1. a mineral [n -S]

Medical Definition of Gahnite

1. Zinc spinel; automolite. Origin: Named after Gahn, a Swedish chemist. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gahnite

Literary usage of Gahnite

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1905)
"gahnite. gahnite or" zinc spinel has been identified as au associate of corundum only in the gravel deposits in Macon County. ..."

2. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrography from the Laboratories of the by Samuel Lewis Penfield, Louis Valentine Pirsson (1901)
"ON gahnite FROM MINE HILL, FRANKLIN FURNACE, NEW JERSEY. ... THE rare species gahnite has been again found at a new locality in a cross-cut made by the New ..."

3. Technology Quarterly by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1888)
"A thin section, under the microscope, exhibits the very feeble double refraction of vesuvianite, and innumerable minute veins of calcite. gahnite ..."

4. Annual Report (new Series). by Geological Survey of Canada (1898)
"... in the West Kootenay district of the province of British Columbia. 5. — gahnite, or zinc-spinel. Crystals of this mineral have been found ..."

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