ænigmatite

A form of aenigmatite — An inosilicate mineral of sodium, iron, and titanium, forming brown to black triclinic lamellar crystals.

Meanings

nounænigmatite (countable and uncountable, plural ænigmatites)

plural ænigmatites

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableObsolete form of aenigmatite.

    The third, which lies far out in the Mediterranean, and which is possibly the oldest, is much higher in Na₂O and seems to be characterized by the presence of peculiar soda minerals, such as ænigmatite and ægirine, nepheline also occurring in places.

    1899, Henry S. Washington, The American Journal of Science, volume VIII, page 294
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