galaxite

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English

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Etymology

From Galax +‎ -ite after the town of Galax, Virginia, USA.

Noun

galaxite (usually uncountable, plural galaxites)

  1. (mineralogy) A brownish-red spinel mineral found in carbonate-rich metamorphosed manganese ore deposits.

Further reading

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Galaxite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • galaxite”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.