Pyrochlore
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About Pyrochlore
Name:
The name pyrochlore which was first introduced by J.J. Berzelius for a cubic mineral found by N.O. Tank in the 1820s in a syenite pegmatite at Stavern (formerly Fredriksvärn), Norway (Wöhler 1826). It is derived from the Greek πΰρ, fire, and χλωρός, green in allusion to the fact that the mineral usually turns green on ignition.
Synonym:
A synonym of Pyrochlore Group
The name pyrochlore is no longer used for a single species but for the pyrochlore group of Nb oxide minerals of the pyrochlore supergroup.
Pronounciation of Pyrochlore
Pronounciation:
| Play | Recorded by | Country |
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| Jolyon & Katya Ralph | United Kingdom |
References for Pyrochlore
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Wöhler, F. (1826) Ueber den Pyrochlor, eine neue Mineralspecies. Annalen der Physik und Chemie. 7: 417-428.
Mizoguchi, H., Eng, H.W., and Woodward, P.M. (2004) Probing the electronic structures of ternary perovskite and pyrochlore oxides containing Sn4+ or Sb5+. Inorganic Chemistry, 43, 1667-1680.
Christy, A.G. and Atencio, D. (2013) Clarification of status of species in the pyrochlore supergroup. Mineralogical Magazine: 77: 13-20.
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