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Definition of Damourite
1. Noun. A variety of muscovite.
Definition of Damourite
1. n. A kind of Muscovite, or potash mica, containing water.
Definition of Damourite
1. Noun. (minerology) A kind of Muscovite, or potash mica, containing water. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Damourite
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Damourite
Literary usage of Damourite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1905)
"The folia are usually very elastic, the thin laminae springing back very forcibly
when bent, and they have a decidedly vitreous luster. 41a. damourite. ..."
2. Report on the Landed Property of the Buena Vista Company by William Henry Ruffner (1889)
"THE damourite SLATES. All in front of the mountain sandstone, until we reach the
great limestone formation nearly a mile off, ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1873)
"The scales of damourite occasionally become so fine that they cannot be distinguished
... Scales of damourite of a white or greenish color are disseminated ..."
4. Report of Progress by State Geologist (1874-1890, Pennsylvania (1875)
"damourite is •essentially a hydrous muscovite; a hydrous silicate of alumina ...
A great variety of forms of damourite—all resulting from the alteration of ..."
5. The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana, 1837-1868 by James Dwight Dana, Edward Salisbury Dana (1892)
"Axial angle for damourite chiefly from 60° to 70" ; for Pontivy 10°-12' Dx.
Named after ths French chemist, Damour. Often derived by alteration of ..."
6. The Brown Hematite Deposits of the Siluro-Cambrian Limestones of Lehigh by Frederick Prime (1878)
"In the report for 1874 reference was made on page 12 and those following to the
occurrence of damourite slate and the clay resulting from its decomposition. ..."
7. The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana. 1837-1868: Descriptive Mineralogy by James Dwight Dana, Edward Salisbury Dana (1892)
"Although often spoken of as hydrous micas, it does not appear that damourite and
the varieties following necessarily contain more water thun ordinary ..."
8. The Dublin Quarterly Journal of Science by Samuel Haughton (1861)
"Their physical characters also arc, I believe, materially different from damourite.
This is certainly true of the mineral analysed by our Chairman, ..."
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