vuagnatite Min.
(ˈvwɑːnjətaɪt)
[f. the name of M. Vuagnat (b. 1922), Swiss petrologist + -ite1.]
A basic silicate of calcium and aluminium, CaAl(OH)SiO4, found as white, usu. anhedral, orthorhombic crystals.
| 1976 H. Sarp et al. in Amer. Mineralogist LXI. 825 Vuagnatite..occurs with prehnite, hydrogrossular, vesuvianite, and chorite in rodingitic dykes from an ophiolitic zone in the Taurus Mountains, southwest Turkey. 1979 Mineral. Abstr. XXX. 413/2 Vuagnatite occurs as veinlets less than 5 mm wide or as small lenses less than 15 mm long in pectolite veins cutting serpentinite in the Toba district, central Japan. |