glaucophane
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[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Glaucophane_bleu_de_Groix.jpg/220px-Glaucophane_bleu_de_Groix.jpg)
Noun
[edit]glaucophane (countable and uncountable, plural glaucophanes)
- (mineralogy) A blue amphibole mineral, a mixed aluminate of sodium, magnesium and aluminium that exhibits pleochroism, with the chemical formula Na2(Mg,Fe2+)3Al2Si8O22(OH)2.
Translations
[edit]a blue amphibole mineral
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Further reading
[edit]- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Glaucophane”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “glaucophane”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
French
[edit]Noun
[edit]glaucophane m or f (plural glaucophanes)
Further reading
[edit]- “glaucophane”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.