glendonite

plural glendonites

1. chemistryA pseudomorph of ikaite.

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   1909, Records of the Geological Survey of New South Wales, Volume 8, Geological Survey of New South Wales, page 178, The abundance and wide horizontal distribution of the glendonites on certain horizons of the Upper Marine Series of the Permo-Carboniferous system of New South Wales, points to the probability that the original mineral was formed of some commonly occurring elements.

   The term "glendonite" does not refer to a mineral, but to a class of pseudomorphs. A pseudomorph is a mineral that has taken the characteristic crystal shape of another mineral by processes such as replacement or recrystallization. Glendonites are pseudomorphs after the mineral ikaite, a monoclinic mineral with composition CaCO₃.₆H₂O.

   2009, Ian P. Swainson, “Glendonite/Ikaite”, in Vivien Gornitz, editor, Encyclopedia of Paleoclimatology and Ancient Environments, Springer, page 396

   2021, Mikhail Rogov, Phanerozoic glendonite occurrences and their significance for palaeotemperature reconstruction, Ondřej Bábek, Stanislava Vodrážková (editors), 35th IAS Meeting of Sedimentology: Book of Abstracts, Palacký University Olomouc, page 383, Here the preliminary results of glendonite distribution based on a comprehensive database are represented.