humite Min.
(ˈhjuːmaɪt)
[Named, 1813, after Sir Abraham Hume, of London.]
A fluo-silicate of magnesium, long considered a variety of chondrodite, but now, on crystallographical grounds, made a distinct species.
| 1814 T. Allan Min. Nomen. 45 Humite, is a substance mentioned by Bournon. 1852 Brooke & Miller Phillips' Min. 353 Humite has been described..as belonging to the prismatic system. 1895 Story-Maskelyne Crystallogr. §317 Twins of humite occur, twinned in two ways. |