galaxite
English
Etymology
Galax + -ite after the town of Galax, Virginia, USA.
Noun
galaxite (usually uncountable, plural galaxites)
- (mineralogy) A brownish-red spinel mineral found in carbonate-rich metamorphosed manganese ore deposits.
Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Galaxite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “galaxite”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.