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RHODIZITE [1 record]

Record 1 1977-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
OBS

A complex beryllium-aluminum borate, usually carrying appreciable amounts of the alkalies sodium and potassium with lesser amounts of both rubidium and cesium.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
OBS

Borate de potassium, de sodium, de lithium, d'aluminium et de béryllium cristallisant dans le système cubique, que l'on trouve seulement dans certains gisements pegmatitiques de Madagascar et de l'Oural. Il se présente sous forme de cristaux rhombododécaédriques blancs et verdâtres ou jaunâtres, translucides, vitreux et de dimensions un peu supérieures au centimètre.

Spanish

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