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Kornerupine | #Geology #GeologyPage Chemical Formula: (Mg,Fe2+)4(Al,Fe3+)6(SiO4,BO4)5(O,OH)2 Locality: Fiskernaes, SW Greenland. Name Origin: Named after the Danish geologist, Andreas Nikolaus Kornerup (1857-1881). Kornerupine is a rare boro-silicate mineral with the formula (Mg,Fe2+)4(Al,Fe3+)6(SiO4,BO4)5(O,OH)2. It crystallizes in the orthorhombic - dipyramidal crystal system as brown, green, yellow to colorless slender tourmaline like prisms or in massive fibrous forms. Read more : geologypage/2014/05/kornerupine.html Geology Page geologypage
Posted on: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 08:00:01 +0000

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