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Spurrite — Infobox mineral name = Spurrite category = Silicate/carbonate mineral boxwidth = boxbgcolor = caption = Spurrite from New mexico formula = Ca5(SiO4)2CO3 molweight = color = Gray, gray white to lilac gray habit = Massive to granular system =… … Wikipedia
spurrite — spurr·ite … English syllables
spurrite — ˈspər.ˌīt noun ( s) Etymology: Josiah E. Spurr died 1950 American geologist + English ite : a mineral Ca5(SiO4)(CO3) consisting of a calcium silicate and carbonate and occurring in light gray granular masses … Useful english dictionary
Afwillite — is a calcium hydroxide nesosilicate mineral with formula Ca3Si2O4(OH)6. It occurs as glassy, colorless to white prismatic monoclinic crystals. Its Mohs scale hardness is 4.5. It occurs as an alteration mineral in contact metamorphism of limestone … Wikipedia
List of minerals S-T (complete) — It is currently not possible to have a complete list of minerals . The International Mineralogical Association is the international group that recognises new minerals and new mineral names, however minerals discovered before 1959 did not go… … Wikipedia
Josiah Edward Spurr — (1870 1950) was an American geologist, explorer, and author.He led the first United States Geological Survey expedition to map and chart the interior regions of Alaska, starting with the Yukon territory in 1896 and continuing with the Kuskokwim… … Wikipedia
metamorphic rock — Any of a class of rocks that result from the alteration of preexisting rocks in response to changing geological conditions, including variations in temperature, pressure, and mechanical stress. The preexisting rocks may be igneous, sedimentary,… … Universalium
List of minerals — This is a List of minerals for which there are Wikipedia articles. Mineral variety names and mineraloids are to be listed after the valid minerals for each letter.For a complete listing (about 4,000) of all mineral names: List of minerals… … Wikipedia
Metamorphic facies — Eclogite Blueschist Greenschist Prehnite Pumpellyite … Wikipedia
William Hillebrand — (hinten, 2. v.l.). William Francis Hillebrand (* 12. Dezember 1853 in Honolulu; † 1925) war ein deutscher Chemiker und Mineraloge. Sein offizielles botanisches Autorenkürzel lautet „W.F.Hillebr.“ … Deutsch Wikipedia
