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Meaning of "iridosmine" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD IRIDOSMINE

From irido- + osm(ium) + ine-².

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PRONUNCIATION OF IRIDOSMINE

ˌɪrɪˈdɒsmaɪn


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF IRIDOSMINE

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Iridosmine is a noun.
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WHAT DOES IRIDOSMINE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Osmiridium

Osmiridium, also known as iridosmium or iridosmine, is a natural alloy of osmium and iridium, with traces of other platinum group metals. Osmiridium has been defined as containing a higher proportion of iridium, while iridosmine contains more osmium. However, as the content of the natural Os-Ir alloys varies considerably, the constituent percentages of specimens often reflects the reverse situation of osmiridium describing specimens containing a higher proportion of osmium and iridosmine containing more iridium. In 1963, Max Hutchinson Hey proposed using iridosmine for hexagonal specimens with 80%>Os>32%, osmiridium for cubic specimens with Os<32% and native osmium for specimens Os>80%. More recently, the Nomenclature Subcommittee of the Commission of New Minerals and Mineral Names, International Mineralogical Association has declared the mineral names osmiridium and iridosmine invalid and to be replaced by iridium and osmium, respectively. Other named naturally occurring alloys of platinum metals have included: iridrhodruthenium, platiniridium, ruthenosmiridium, and rutheniridosmine.

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IRIDOSMINE»

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U.S. Geological Survey professional paper
The platinum is always accompanied by small quantities of iridosmine and probably also iridium. Bright scales of iridosmine are locally present in considerable quantities. Though of widespread occurrence platinum is not recovered on a ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1911
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Geological Survey Professional Paper
Rounded grains of pyrite, quartz, iridosmine, and other minerals are engulfed by strands of carbon, and this feature accounts for a typical augen texture, with gold and reconstituted sulfides accumulated in the pressure shadows on either side ...
‎1981
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The Data of Geochemistry
D. Iridosmine from the Urals. E. Iridosmine from the Urals. Analyses C, D, and E by Peville and Pcbray, Annales chim. phys., 3d ser., vol. 56, 1859, pp. 481, 4S2. The indefinite character of these natural alloys seems to be perfectly evident.
Frank Wigglesworth Clarke, 1920
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North American Geologic Formation Names: Bibliography, ...
The table of analyses brings out very clearly the fact that platinum isextremely subordinate in iridosmine, and may entirely fail. It varies from nothing through a general amount of leas than 1 to 10.08 in No. 8, a Russian sample, as a maximum.
Fred Boughton Weeks, 1902
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Bulletin
Analyses of native iridium, etc. A. Native iridium. Nizhni Tagilsk, Urals. B. Platiniridium, probably from Brazil. Analyses A and B by Svanberg, Berzelius's Jahresb., vol. 15, 1834, p. 205. C. Iridosmine from Colombia. r>. Iridosminetrom the Urals.
‎1920
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Second Report on a Cooperative Investigation of the ...
IRIDIUM [See Platinum and IrldOBmlne] IRIDOSMXNE Ir, Os Iridosmine, an alloy of iridium and osmium is reported only from a gold placer deposit in Ouray County, locality unspecified. According to Day and Richards (1906), the gold assay ...
Rollin E. Stevens, 1960
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Mineral wealth
In 1831, James Prinsep proved that a button of white metal, which had been sent to the Asiatic Society of Bengal, was an alloy containing 25 per cent of platinum and 40 per cent of iridosmine, the remainder consisting of gold, iron, arsenic and  ...
John Coggin Brown, Abani Kumar Dey, Abani Kumar Dey
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Transactions of the Geological Society of South Africa
The grains examined are composed essentially of three primary phases which, for present purposes, may be designated as iridosmine I, iridosmine II, and osmiri - dium. A rough micrometric analysis has shown that iridosmine II and osmiridium  ...
‎1964
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The Minerals of New South Wales, Etc.
OSMIUM AND IRIDIUM. OSMO-IRIDIUM OR IRIDOSMINE. This compound of osmium and iridium is very commonly met with in the auriferous and other drifts of New South Wales, in the form of minute grains and scales. The area over which it  ...
Archibald Liversidge, 2011
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The Ore Minerals Under the Microscope: An Optical Guide
Osmium. (Iridosmine,. Nevyanakite,. Rutheniridosmium,. Siserskite). Geologic Environment: magmatic segregations and placers from ultrabasic rocks Reflection Colour: Internal Reflections: light grey with bluish tint Reflectance [%]: Anisotropy: ...
Bernhard Pracejus, 2008
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