Min. [f. SPATH1 + -IC. Cf. F. spathique.]

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  † 1.  = SPATHOSE a.1 2. Obs.–1

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1788.  T. Jefferson, Writ. (1859), II. 432. The property of the spathic acid, to corrode flinty substances, has been lately applied by M. Puymaurin to engrave on glass.

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  2.  a. = SPATHOSE a.1 1 b.

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1803.  Med. Jrnl., IX. 494. Sometimes it is found in spathic layers, semitransparent, of different thickness;… these layers imitate so closely calcareous spath, that [etc.].

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  b.  = SPATHOSE a.1 1 a.

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1831.  J. Holland, Manuf. Metal, I. 265. Bergmann had already asserted that manganese was contained in the white or spathic iron ores.

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1855.  Scoffern, in Orr’s Circ. Sci., Elem. Chem., 442. Native peroxide of iron (spathic iron).

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1868.  Joynson, Metals, 7. At Weardale the spathic ore is often found associated with a brown ore—a hydrated oxide.

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