naujakasite Min.
(naʊjəˈkɑːzaɪt)
[f. Naujakas-ik, a point on the southern coast of Tunugdliarfik Fiord, Greenland + -ite1.]
A hydrated silicate of sodium, iron, and aluminium (with substitution by other metals), (Na,K)6(Feii,Mn,Ca)(Al,Feiii)4Si8O26.H2O, which is found as white, platy, monoclinic crystals.
| 1933 O. B. B{obar}ggild in Meddelelser om Gr{obar}nland XCII. ix. 7 Among the minerals collected by G. Flink on his mineralogical journey in 1897 there is a specimen labelled ‘Chorite?’ by Flink. The locality is stated to be Naujakasik... The specimen containing the naujakasite was probably found loose on the ground. 1960 Mineral. Abstr. XIV. 370/2 Naujakasite, formerly only known from a loose boulder, has now been found in situ at Tuperssuatsiaq and the northern part of the Il{iacu}maussaq batholith. 1967 Meddelelser om Gr{obar}nland CLXXXI. vi. 14 Naujakasite alters easily through several stages to analcite. |