spathic

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: spath=ic

CIDE DICTIONARY

spathic, a. [Cf. F. spathique, fr. F. & G. spath spar.].

 Like spar; foliated or lamellar; spathose.  [1913 Webster]

Spathic iron (Min.), siderite. See Siderite (a).

OXFORD DICTIONARY

spathic, adj. (of a mineral) like spar (see SPAR(3)), esp. in cleavage.

Idiom

spathic iron ore = SIDERITE.

Derivative

spathose adj.

Etymology

spath spar f. G Spath

ROGET THESAURUS

spathic

Layer

N layer, stratum, strata, course, bed, zone, substratum, substrata, floor, flag, stage, story, tier, slab, escarpment, table, tablet, dess, flagstone, board, plank, trencher, platter, plate, lamina, lamella, sheet, foil, wafer, scale, flake, peel, coat, pellicle, membrane, film, leaf, slice, shive, cut, rasher, shaving, integument, eschar, stratification, scaliness, nest of boxes, coats of an onion, monolayer, bilayer, trilayer, lamellar, lamellated, lamelliform, layered, laminated, laminiferous, micaceous, schistose, schistous, scaly, filmy, membranous, pellicular, flaky, squamous, foliated, foliaceous, stratified, stratiform, tabular, discoid, spathic, spathose, trilamellar, graphitic.