prehnite
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Prehnite
Etymology
Named in 1789 after Hendrik Von Prehn (1733-1785),[1] Dutch colonial governor. This was the first mineral to be named after a person.
Pronunciation
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Noun
prehnite (countable and uncountable, plural prehnites)
- (mineralogy) A mineral, a basic calcium, aluminium and iron aluminosilicate, which occurs in stalactitic aggregates or curved crystals, Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2.
Translations
mineral
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Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Prehnite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “prehnite”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.
- Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997
Anagrams
- nephrite, repineth, ripeneth, trephine