zeuxitehttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zeuxite_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezeuxite, n.
Revised 2018

zeuxitenoun

Mineralogy. Now chiefly historical.
  1. 1836–
    A green mineral later identified as a variety of tourmaline.
    1. 1836
      Zeuxite. The mineral which I distinguish by this name was found in 1814 in considerable quantity in the Huel Unity mine, about three miles east of Redrath, in Cornwall.
      T. Thomson, Outline Mineralogy vol. I. 320
    2. 1855
      The following table..will at once show how highly probable it is that zeuxite is in reality nothing but tourmaline.
      London, Edinburgh, & Dublin Philosophical Magazine & Journal of Science vol. 10 119
    3. 1896
      Xeuxite,..variant of zeuxite.
      A. H. Chester, Dictionary of Names of Minerals 291
    4. 1905
      The variety zeuxite, which is rich in iron and of an intensely dark green colour, occurs in remarkably large felted masses at the Castray River.
      Rep. Secretary Mines 1904 (Tasmania) 90
    5. 1944
      Zeuxite, a green Brazilian tourmaline, also called Taltalite or Brazilian Emeralds.
      Jeweler's Dictionary in Jewelers' Circular-keystone November 184/3

zeuxite, n. was revised in June 2018.

zeuxite, n. was last modified in July 2023.