glockerite

[Ger. glockerit. Named after the mineralogist, E. F. Glocker.] Min.: A brown, ocher-yellow, brownish-black, pitch-black, or dull-green mineral; ma ive, sparry, or earthy and stalactitic. Compos.: Sulphuric acid, 15-9-15-19; sesquioxide of iron, 62-40-64-34; water, 20-7-21-7. Found near Goslar, in Hanover; also at Modum, in Norway. Called also Pitticite or Pittizite (q. v.). *glōde, pret . of v. [GLIDE, v.] *glod-en, s . [A. S. gladen , gloden .] The sunflower.