galaxite
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Galax + -ite after the town of Galax, Virginia, USA.
Noun[edit]
galaxite (usually uncountable, plural galaxites)
- (mineralogy) A brownish-red spinel mineral found in carbonate-rich metamorphosed manganese ore deposits.
Further reading[edit]
- David Barthelmy (1997–2024), “Galaxite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “galaxite”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.