zeuxite Min.
(ˈzjuːksaɪt)
[f. Gr. ζεύξις yoking, joining (f. ζευγνύναι to join), rendering ‘unity’ in the name Huel Unity (see quot.).]
A variety of tourmaline.
| 1836 T. Thomson Min., Geol., etc. I. 320 Zeuxite. The mineral which I distinguish by this name was found in 1814 in considerable quantity in the Huel Unity mine, about three miles east of Redrath, in Cornwall. |