Steenstrupine
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Steenstrupine is a noun meaning (mineralogy) A rare dark brown mineral, (La,Ca,Na)(Al,Fe,Mn)(Si,P)(O,OH,F)₄, found in Greenland, occurring in rhombohedral crystals or massive formations.
Meaning
(mineralogy) A rare dark brown mineral, (La,Ca,Na)(Al,Fe,Mn)(Si,P)(O,OH,F)₄, found in Greenland, occurring in rhombohedral crystals or massive formations.
Example Sentences
It is a remarkable fact that the most fresh steenstrupine in lujavrites and veins is found in rocks carrying albite (and ussingite).
In most of the Ilímaussaq rocks, Th and U are concentrated in eudialyte, but in the final lujavrites they are largely held by steenstrupine.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include thorosteenstrupine, norsethite, bastnaesite, benstonite, johnstrupite, stenonite.
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