anomite

[ an-uh-mahyt ]

noun

, Mineralogy.

1. a variety of mica, similar to biotite but differing in optical orientation.

Word History and Origins

Origin of anomite¹

< Greek ánom ( os ) lawless ( a- a- ⁶ + nóm ( os ) law + -os adj. suffix) + -ite ¹

Example Sentences

By G. Tschermak it is divided into two classes, meroxene and anomite; in the former the plane of the optic axis coincides with the plane of symmetry, whilst in the latter it is perpendicular thereto.

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The mother of pear-like shells of the extinct anomite lay about as though the place had once been the bed of a mighty ocean.

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