mancinite

[Named by Jacquot after the place where it was stated to have been found, Mancino; suff. -ite ( Min.). (See def.)] Min .: Supposed by Jacquot to be a tri silicate of zinc, but since shown to be a mixture, and not to have been found at Mancino, Livorno, but at Campiglia, Tuscany. Berthier states that the mineral was named after the family Mancini. *măn'-çi-pāte, v.t. [Lat. mancipatus , pr. par. of mancipo to dispose of, from manceps =one who acquires anything at an auction: manu in the hand, and capio to take.) To enslave, to bind, to fetter, to tie. măn-ca, s. [MANCUS.]