Chemical Formula:See CALCITE
Familly: Carbonates
Status: NR
Mineral for Display: No
Associated names (luminescent varieties, discredited names, synonymes etc.): fundylite, jarrowite, pseudogaylussite, pyramidite,UV Type | Main color | Intensity | Observation Frequency |
---|---|---|---|
Long Waves (365nm): | Yellowish White | Short Waves (254 nm): | Yellowish White |
Other colors LW: | Bluish White , | ||
Other colors SW: | Bluish White , |
Term used to name pseudomorphosis of different minerals in calcite: ikaite, thenantite or glauberite. The name come from Glendon, New South Wales, Australie.
Synonyms:
•fundylite - from "Bay of Fundy", Canada
•jarrowite - from Jarrow, United Kingdom. Browell (1860)
•gennoishi - found near Niigata, au Japon
•gersternkorner - from German "Gerste".
•Molekryds - found in "Mors Island", Danemark
•pseudogaylussite - because of the pseudomorphosis from gaylussite
•pyramidite - from Pyramid Bay, USA.
•thinolite - SW of the USA - King (1878)
Source: http://fr.academic.ru/dic.nsf/frwiki/113723
(*)Data are not exhaustive and are limited to the most important localities for fluorescence
http://www.mindat.org/show.php?name=Glendonite
http://webmineral.com/data/Glendonite.shtml
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