chalybite
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of chalybite
1855–60; < Greek chalyb- (stem of chályps ) iron, also iron-worker, member of the Chalybes, a tribe of Asia Minor noted for their blacksmiths + -ite 1
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It is often associated with blende and pyrites, and with calcite, fluorspar, quartz, barytes, chalybite and pearlspar as gangue minerals; in the upper oxidized parts of the deposits, cerussite and anglesite occur as alteration products.
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The crystallographic and physical characters resemble those of dolomite and chalybite.
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At the original locality, Wheal Boys in the parish of Endellion in Cornwall, it was found associated with jamesonite, blende and chalybite.
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It occurs in metalliferous veins, often in association with iron-pyrites, chalybite, blende, &c., and in Cornwall and Devon, where it is abundant, with cassiterite.
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It is rhombohedral in crystallization and isomorphous with calcite and chalybite.
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