Definition of Thulite

1. red zoisite found in Norway [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thulite

thugocracies
thugocracy
thugs
thugz
thuja
thuja oil
thujas
thujin
thujol
thujone
thujones
thulia
thulian
thulias
thulite (current term)
thulites
thulium
thuliums
thumb
thumb-sketch
thumb-sketches
thumb a lift
thumb a ride
thumb drive
thumb drives
thumb forceps
thumb fractures
thumb index
thumb knot

Literary usage of Thulite

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

1. Stones for Building and Decoration by George Perkins Merrill (1903)
"The name thulite is given to a red manganese epidote, and hence the name thulite-stone to a rock in which this mineral is the essential constituent. ..."

2. Stones for Building and Decoration by George Perkins Merrill (1908)
"The name thulite is given to a red manganese epidote, and hence the name thulite-stone to a rock in which this mineral is the essential constituent. ..."

3. Stones for Building and Decoration by George Perkins Merrill (1903)
"The name thulite is given to a red manganese epidote, and hence the name thulite-stone to a rock in which this mineral is the essential constituent. ..."

4. The Mineralogy of Pennsylvania by Samuel George Gordon (1922)
"Al is sometimes replaced by Fe, and with increase of the latter the mineral passes into epidote. Varieties: thulite,— rose-red, fragile; sp. gr. 3.124. ..."

5. Records of General Science by Robert Dundas Thomson, T Thomson (1835)
"The constitution of thulite may be stated as follows:— 3 atoms ... The constituents of thulite may be represented by the following formula:— 3 Cer. ..."

6. A System of Mineralogy: Descriptive Mineralogy, Comprising the Most Recent by James Dwight Dana, George Jarvis Brush (1868)
"The angle i-2 л il in thulite is near 152°. Brooke renan upon the isomorphism of the species with euclase. Pyr., etc.—BB swells up and fuses at 3—8'5 to a ..."

7. A System of Mineralogy: Descriptive Mineralogy, Comprising the Most Recent by James Dwight Dana, George Jarvis Brush, Edward Salisbury Dana (1885)
"Zoisite was во named after Baron von Zois, from whom Werner received his first specimen»; and thulite, after Thule, an ancient name of Norway. ..."

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