α-catapleiite
A synonym of Gaidonnayite
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Formula:
Na2Zr(Si3O9) · 2H2O
Name:
Name used by S. G. Gordon (1924) on material collected from the Narsaarsuk pegmatite, Greenland, during his expedition there in 1923. Later Mandarion & Sturman (1978) found the mineral to be identical with gaidonnayite, which was described as a new mineral from Mt.St.Hilaire, Canada by Chao & Watkinson (1974).
Synonym:
A synonym of Gaidonnayite
This page provides mineralogical data about α-catapleiite.
Unique Identifiers
Mindat ID:
45529 (as α-catapleiite)
1634 (as Gaidonnayite)
1634 (as Gaidonnayite)
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:45529:7 (as α-catapleiite)
mindat:1:1:1634:2 (as Gaidonnayite)
mindat:1:1:1634:2 (as Gaidonnayite)
GUID
(UUID V4):
(UUID V4):
f24ec197-bc5f-408b-9463-083f84a8dcbd (as α-catapleiite)
f75a0b2b-af98-479c-9041-6599c69f3f22 (as Gaidonnayite)
f75a0b2b-af98-479c-9041-6599c69f3f22 (as Gaidonnayite)
References for α-catapleiite
Reference List:
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Gordon, S.G. (1924): Minerals obtained in Greenland on the second Academy-Vaux expedition, 1923. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 76, 249-268.
Mandarino, J.A. & Sturman, B.D. (1978): The identity of α-catapleiite and gaidonnayite. Canadian Mineralogist. 16, 195-198.
Petersen, O. V & Johnsen, O. (2005): Minerals first described from Greenland. Canadian Mineralogist, Special Publication. 8, 184p (p.116)
Internet Links for α-catapleiite
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https://www.mindat.org/min-45529.html
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