spathic

American

[spath-ik] / ˈspæθ ɪk /

adjective

Mineralogy.

like spar.

spathic British

/ ˈspæθəʊs, ˈspæθɪk /

adjective

(of minerals) resembling spar, esp in having good cleavage

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Etymology

Origin of spathic

1780–90; < German Spat (earlier spelling Spath ) spar + -ic

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Siderite, sid′ėr-īt, n. the lodestone: native iron protocarbonate—also Chalybite, Spathic or Sparry iron, Junckerite.

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The ores used in the Krupp works for making the best steel are red hæmatite and spathic ore, with a certain proportion of ferro-manganese.

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It was early known as spathose iron, spathic iron or steel ore.

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It is a constituent of the minerals cerussite, malachite, azurite, spathic iron ore, calamine, strontianite, witherite, calcite aragonite, limestone, &c.

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The ore is a mixture of clay iron ore and Iron. spathic ore, together with limonite and hematite.

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