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Definition of Fayalite

1. n. A black, greenish, or brownish mineral of the chrysolite group. It is a silicate of iron.

Definition of Fayalite

1. Noun. (minerology) Yellow, olive green, brown or black mineral with orthorhombic crystals of the olivine group, Fe₂SiO₄. ¹

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Definition of Fayalite

1. a mineral [n -S]

Medical Definition of Fayalite

1. A black, greenish, or brownish mineral of the chrysolite group. It is a silicate of iron. Origin: So called from the island Fayal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Fayalite

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

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"In the last- mentioned series fayalite occurs as a persistent, though minor, ... Analysis of the fayalite is given. Also analyses of the rock varieties are ..."

2. The Journal of Geology by University of Chicago Department of Geology and Paleontology (1904)
"The habitat of the fayalite is in certain phases of the granite- syenite series, ... The mineral fayalite, it will be recalled, is the pure iron olivine, ..."

3. Rock Minerals: Their Chemical and Physical Characters and Their by Joseph Paxson Iddings (1911)
"Forsterite ,... . Olivine ) . a:6:c=0. 4656: 1:0. 5865 fayalite ... The crystals of fayalite are somewhat more tabular parallel to a (100), Figs. 5 and 6. ..."

4. Journal by Iron and Steel Institute (1890)
"III.—BLAST FURNACE SLAGS. fayalite Crystals in Slag.—K. Koziorowski t has observed well- developed crystals of fayalite in a mill cinder from the ..."

5. Manual of the Mineralogy of Great Britain & Ireland by Robert Philips Greg, William Garrow Lettsom (1858)
"fayalite.—Anhydrous Silicate of Iron. Prismatic. Cleaves with facility in two directions, making right angles with each other (Professor Naumann says a very ..."

6. A Treatise on Metamorphism by Charles Richard Van Hise (1904)
"The alterations of fayalite and forsterite are exceptional; therefore the chief alterations which are considered are those which pertain to olivine. ..."

7. Mineralogy Simplified: Easy Methods of Identifying Minerals, Including Ores by Henry Erni, Amos Peaslee Brown (1908)
"... due to admixed magnetite. The HC1 solution reacts for ferrous iron only. Iron chrysolite, a rock-forming mineral. Closely allied to fayalite are ..."

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