spathic

American  

[spath-ik] / ˈspæθ ɪk /

adjective

Mineralogy.

1. like spar.

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spathic British  

/ ˈspæθəʊs, ˈspæθɪk /

adjective

1. (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

Example Sentences

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.

From The Romance of Industry and Invention by Cochrane, Robert

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

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various

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

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various

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

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various

It contains, as substances accidentally disseminated in the mass, brown iron-ore, spathic iron, even rock-crystal.

From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 by Humboldt, Alexander von