algerite

plural algerites

1. countableuncountableAn altered form of scapolite, originally believed to be a unique mineral.

   Kembleite: An obsolete local name, of unknown origin, used in reference to altered scapolite (algerite).

   1972, Clifford Frondel, The minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill: a checklist, page 64

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   I offer it as a new mineral species which will take a place by the side of edingtonite ; and to connect with his favorite science, the name of one who is among its most successful cultivators, I propose for it the designation of Algerite.

   1849 May 5, T. S. Hunt, “Chemical Examination of Algerite”, in The American Journal of Science and Arts, volume 8, number 22, page 106

   Algerite, named by Mr. Hunt in honour of its discoverer, Mr. Alger, is found in the town of Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey.

   1850 September, Richard Crossley, “Algerite, a new Mineral Species”, in The London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science

   By alkaline carbonates in solution, alkalies may be introduced and lime removed, thus forming mica, algerite, etc., and perhaps zeolites; and the potash carbonate appears to be able under some circumstances to replace with potash, the soda of a soda silicate, as in algerite.

   1854, James Dwight Dana, A system of mineralogy, comprising the most recent discoveries, page 203

   Prof. T. Sterry Hunt, of Montreal, has called my attention to the near relation between the composition of the Diana gieseckite and his analyses of the minerals algerite (this Journal, [2], viii, 105) and wilsonite (ib., xix, 428),

   1858 July, George J.Brush, “Mineralogical Notices”, in The American Journal of Science, volume 26, number 76, page 68