oligist Min.
(ˈɒlɪdʒɪst)
[Named 1801 (oligiste) by Haüy, ad. Gr. ὀλίγιστος least, superl. of ὀλίγος few, little.]
More fully oligist iron: A variety of native iron sesquioxid or hæmatite: so called as containing less iron than the magnetic oxide.
| 1828 Webster s.v., Oligist iron, so called, is a crystalized tritoxyd of iron. 1853 Th. Ross Humboldt's Trav. III. xxxii. 397 The origin..appears similar to that of oligist iron. 1865 Reader No. 148. 491/2 On the sublimed Oligist of Vesuvius. 1891 G. d'Alviella Hibbert Lect. 17 The bones of the dead are painted red with oligist or cinnabar. |
Hence oligistic (ɒlɪˈdʒɪstɪk), oliˈgistical adjs., containing or resembling oligist.
| 1828 Webster, Oligistic. 1849 D. Campbell Inorg. Chem. 185 Sesquioxide of iron..is found native occasionally in beautiful black metallic-like crystals, known as oligistic, or specular iron. 1869 Phillips Vesuv. iv. 135 In crevices [of the lava] we found plenty of oligistic iron. |