hatchettite
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Hatchett + -ite, after the discoverer, Charles Hatchett.
Noun
hatchettite (uncountable)
- (mineralogy) Mineral tallow; a waxy or spermaceti-like substance, commonly of a greenish-yellow colour.
See also
- evenkite (possibly synonymous)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “hatchettite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)