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megabasite
megabasite Min. (mɛgəˈbeɪsaɪt) [a. G. megabasit (Breithaupt 1852), f. Gr. µέγα-ς great + βάσι-ς base: see -ite.] A synonym of hübnerite. The name is meant to express the fact that the mineral contains more basic matter than wolframite.1868 Dana Syst. Min. (ed. 5) 604.
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Hübnerite
Hübnerite is a synonym of the original name, megabasite. The name megabasite was given to the mineral by A. Breithaupt in 1852.
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mega-
mega- (ˈmɛgə) before a vowel meg-, repr. Gr. µεγα-, comb. form of µέγας great, used esp. in many scientific terms (often having correlatives f. micro-, and sometimes also synonyms f. macro-), as megabacteria pl. [bacterium]; ˈmega-city, a very large city; megaˈcocci pl. [Gr. κόκκος a berry], names o...
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