lagonite

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Noun

lagonite (countable and uncountable, plural lagonites)

  1. (mineralogy) An earthy, hydrous iron borate, H14Fe4Bo12O31 + 2viBo6O12 + 7Aq
    • 2016, Natale Perchiazzi, Pietri Armienti, Salvatore Iaccarino, Marco Lezzerini, Atti della Societa Toscana di Scienze Naturali (A), volume 123, →DOI:
      XRD patterns of "bechilite" and "lagonite" confirmed they actually are respectively admixtures of sassolite and ammonioborite, and of sassolite with minor santite, gypsum and larderellite.

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Etymology

Named after the word "lagon" because it is found as an incrustation at Tuscan lagoons.

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Noun

lagonite f (plural lagonites)

  1. (mineralogy) An earthy, hydrous iron borate, H14Fe4Bo12O31 + 2viBo6O12 + 7Aq

References

  • Albert Huntington Chester (1896) A Dictionary of the Names of Minerals, First edition, New York: John Wiley & Sons, page 149
  • Antonio D'Achiardi (1872) Mineralogia Della Toscana [Mineralogy of Tuscany]‎ (in Italian), volume I, Pisa: Tipografia Mistri, page 256
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