dmisteinbergite

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noun

A colourless mineral, a hexagonal polymorph of anorthite, with the chemical formula CaAl₂Si₂O₈.

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Meanings

noundmisteinbergite (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryA colourless mineral, a hexagonal polymorph of anorthite, with the chemical formula CaAl₂Si₂O₈.

    Chesnokov et al. also reported from the same locality dmisteinbergite, a natural hexagonal polymorph of anorthite.

    2001, William Alexander Deer, Robert Andrew Howie, J. Zussman, Rock-forming Minerals: Feldspars, volume 4A, page 654

Origin

Dmitri Steinberg + -ite

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