different between fossilized vs fichtelite

English

Alternative forms

• fossilised (UK)

Verb

fossilized

1. simple past tense and past participle of fossilize

Adjective

fossilized

1. In a state of fossilization; preserved in rock
2. outmoded
3. (linguistics) having become a fossil: no longer productive

   A fossil word in a language is a word which has fallen out of use except for in set phrases: e.g. the English word fro, used only in to and fro. A fossilized bound morpheme (e.g. a fossilized affix) is one which was once able to derive words, but which now only exists as a fixed component of words: e.g. the English abstract noun–forming suffix -th.

Synonyms

• (outmoded): antiquated, disused, outdated; see also Thesaurus:obsolete or Thesaurus:unfashionable

Translations

English

Etymology

Named for type locality Fichtelgebirge (contracted) (in Germany)) +? -ite.

Noun

fichtelite (uncountable)

1. (mineralogy) A rare white monoclinic organic mineral, 7-isopropyl-1,4a-dimethyl-dodecahydro-1H-phenanthrene, found in fossilized wood from Bavaria.

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Fichtelite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “fichtelite”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.