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English
Etymology
From Kaersut + -ite. Named after the discovery locality: Kaersut, Umanaksfjord, Greenland.[1]
Noun
kaersutite
- (mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and titanium.
References
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, Leake, Bernard E., et al. "Nomenclature of Amphiboles: Report of the Subcommittee on
Amphiboles of the International Mineralogical Association,
Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names". The Canadian Mineralogist 35 (1997): 235.
- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Kaersutite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.