synchisite Min.
(ˈsɪŋkɪsaɪt, -zaɪt)
Also synchysite.
[ad. G. synchisit (G. Flink 1901, in Bull. Geol. Inst. Univ. Upsala V. 82), f. Gr. σύγχυσις confusion + -ite1. (For the reason of the name see quot. 1909.)]
A fluocarbonate of cerium and calcium, occurring in minute yellow crystals.
| 1901 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. LXXX. ii. 663 Synchysite.—This new name is applied to a mineral from Narsarsuk, in South Greenland. 1909 Dana & Ford Dana's Syst. Min. App. ii. 102 Synchisite... Crystals minute, often in loose aggregates... Composition, CeFCaC2O6... From Narsarsuk, So. Greenland... Named from σύγχυσις, confounded, in allusion to its being mistaken for parisite. 1965 Bull. Geol. Survey Dept. Malawi No. 15. 124 Concentrations of bastnaesite and synchysite occur in the central core of sideritic carbonatite at Chilwa Island. 1975 [see syntaxy]. |