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Record 1 2016-02-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
DEF

A greenish epidote-like mineral [that] is probably related to clinozoisite.

OBS

Originally the mineral was described under the name "lotrite" from the southern Carpathian Mountains (Murgoci, 1901). Charles H. Palache ... in 1920 ... noted a green mineral which he believed to be a new mineral ... Unaware of Murgoci's earlier work ... he [proposed] to call it "kearsargeite." B.S. Butler didn't like the name, and Palache changed [it] in "pumpellyite," in honor of Pumpelly, the noted 19th century U.S. Geological Survey geologist ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
DEF

[Minéral] du système monoclinique [qui] ressemble aux épidotes ...

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mineralogía
DEF

Silicato complejo de aluminio, magnesio, hierro y calcio, que cristaliza en el sistema monoclínico [...]

OBS

[...] se encuentra en forma de agujas muy finas, de color entre verde y pardo.

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