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Found in 1821 by P.Ström and named “acmite” from the Greek “point, edge” in reference to the typical pointed crystals. But in 1835 Berzelius named it aegirine after Aegir, the Teutonic god of the sea. Richer in sodium than augite, it oxydizes itself, pruducing chlorite,
Described in 1886 by Charles Friedel who named it after the French mineralogist Gilbert Joseph Adam who found this mineral. Its color depends on the metallic ions present : cuproadamite colored by copper is green, manganoadamite colored by manganese is pink-purple such as cobaltoadamite and
