sugilite
English
editEtymology
editAfter Japanese petrologist Ken-ichi Sugi (1901-1948) in 1976.[1]
Noun
editsugilite (uncountable)
- (mineralogy) A mineral with hexagonal crystals, often pink or purple but can have different colors, KNa2(Fe2+,Mn2+,Al)2Li3Si12O30.
Further reading
edit- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Sugilite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “sugilite”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
- ^ Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997