spathic
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of spathic
1780–90; < German Spat (earlier spelling Spath ) spar + -ic
Example Sentences
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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 Alexander von Humboldt
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
Diamond, sir, in extraordinary evidence! in conjunction with specular iron ore, commonly called the red haematite, and the ferrous carbonate, or spathic iron.
From The Lord of the Sea by M. P. (Matthew Phipps) Shiel
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 Robert Cochrane
The property of the spathic acid, to corrode flinty substances, has been lately applied by a Mr. Puymaurin, to engrave on glass, as artists engrave on copper, with aquafortis.
From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 by Thomas Jefferson Randolph
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