micarelle Min.
(ˈmaɪkərɛl)
Also -el.
[App. irreg. f. mica.]
1. A micaceous mineral pseudomorphous after scapolite.
| 1794 Kirwan Elem. Min. (ed. 2) I. 213 Hence the presence of magnesia is merely casual; therefore it must be regarded as a distinct species from mica, and hence I have given it the name of micarelle. 1811 Pinkerton Petral. I. 123 The white mica, which might be called micarel. 1836 T. Thomson Min. Geol., etc. I. 271 Meionite, or Scapolite. Paranthine,..micarelle [etc.]. 1896 Chester Dict. Min. |
2. A name used to designate an unknown mineral from which the pinite of Stolpen was derived.
| 1836 T. Thomson Min. Geol., etc. I. 386 Pinite. Micarell. 1845 Encycl. Metrop. VI. 525/1 Micarelle. Pinite or Scapolite. |
So micaˈrellite in the same senses (Cassell's Encycl. Dict. 1885).