<Italianzeagonite (M. Tondi Elementi di orittognosiavol. II. (1817) 347) <ancient Greekζεῖν to boil (see zeoliten.) + ἄγονος barren (<ἀ-a-prefix6 + γονή generation, offspring, semen: see gono-comb. form) + Italian‑ite…
<Italianzeagonite (M. Tondi Elementi di orittognosiavol. II. (1817) 347) <ancient Greekζεῖν to boil (see zeoliten.) + ἄγονος barren (<ἀ-a-prefix6 + γονή generation, offspring, semen: see gono-comb. form) + Italian‑ite‑itesuffix1.
Notes
Tondi attributes the name zeagonite to C. G. Gismondi, who presented a paper ‘Osservazioni sopra alcuni minerali dei contorni di Roma’ to the members of the Accademia dei Lincei in 1816; it was published in 1817 (Biblioteca italianavol. 5 301–12) but does not use the name zeagonite. According to Tondi, the supposed mineral is so named because it reacts with acids without effervescence.
Meaning & use
Mineralogy. Now historical and rare.
1823–
A supposed zeolite mineral, later identified as a mixture of phillipsite with gismondine or levyne.
1823
Zeagonite..being the name under which the mineral, also called Abrazite and Gismondin, had been previously known.
H. J. Brooke, Familiar Introduction to Crystallography 442
1846
There is..in one spot a curious slaty rock, divided into quadrangular columns, having a base almost like trachyte, with drusy cavities lined by crystals, too imperfect, according to Professor Miller, to be measured, but resembling Zeagonite.
C. Darwin, Geological Observations on South America vi. 153
1915
The ‘zeagonite’ from Mt. Vesuvius contains 51.87% H2O, or only slightly less than phillipsite.
Chemical Abstractsvol. 9 578
2004
Zeagonite..was not accepted as a new mineral, because it was a mixture.
W. A. Deer et al., Introd. Rock-forming Minerals (ed. 2) vol. IV.b 676
Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛtl/ but /ˈpɛtl̩i/.
Vowels
iːfleece
ihappy
ɪkit
ɛdress
atrap, bath
ɑːstart, palm, bath
ɒlot
ɔːthought, force
ʌstrut
ʊfoot
uːgoose
əletter
əːnurse
ɪənear
ɛːsquare
ʊəcure
eɪface
ʌɪpride
aʊmouth
əʊgoat
ɔɪvoice
ãgratin
ɒ̃salon
ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)
Other symbols
The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.
Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛd(ə)l/ but /ˈpɛdl̩i/.
Vowels
ifleece, happy
ɪkit
ɛdress
ætrap, bath
ɑlot, palm, cloth, thought
ɑrstart
ɔcloth, thought
ɔrnorth, force
ʊfoot
ugoose
əstrut, comma
ərnurse, letter
ɪ(ə)rnear
ɛ(ə)rsquare
ʊ(ə)rcure
eɪface
aɪpride
aʊmouth
oʊgoat
ɔɪvoice
ɑ̃gratin
æ̃salon
ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)
Other symbols
The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.
Simple text respell breaks words into syllables, separated by a hyphen. The syllable which carries the primary stress is written in capital letters. This key covers both British and U.S. English Simple Text Respell.
Consonants
b, d, f, h, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, w and z have their standard English values