† mimetene, mimetese, mimetesite Min.
[Orig. F. mimétèse (Beudant 1832) meant to represent Gr. µῑµητής imitator. Mimetene, mimetesite (G. mimetesit, Breithaupt 1841), and mimetite are alterations intended to make the name less anomalous in form.]
Older names for mimetite.
| 1835 C. U. Shepard Treat. Min. ii. II. 46 Mimetene. 1843 Chapman Min. 33 Mimetese. 1867 Pract. Mechanic's Jrnl. 1 Sept. 190 An arseniated plumbic apatite (mimetesite). |