catapleiite
ck_admin
March 24, 2021
Discovered in 1850 in Norway, its name comes from the Greek “kata” and “pleios” which means “with many” in analogy with the fact that it is always associated with other minerals.
monoclinic
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brazilianite
ck_admin
March 24, 2021
It is its discovery near the town of Conseilheira Pena, in Minas Gerais (Brazil) in 1945 by Pough, which gave its name (Brazil is written Brasil in Brazilian).
beryllonite
ck_admin
March 24, 2021
So called because of the presence of beryllium, it was named by James Dana in 1888.
barytocalcite
ck_admin
March 24, 2021
Discovered in 1824 in England, it was named after its composition, it contains barium as much as barite and it is a carbonate (calcium, as calcite, but with the addition of barium).
baddeleyite
ck_admin
March 24, 2021
Its name honors Joseph Baddeley, who identified it in 1892 in some samples coming from Sri Lanka. This is the basic material used to manufacture synthetic zirconium oxide by the method of autocreuset to 2750 ° C.
