glaucophane

English

Glaucophane

Noun

glaucophane (countable and uncountable, plural glaucophanes)

(mineralogy) A blue amphibole mineral, a mixed aluminate of sodium, magnesium and aluminium that exhibits pleochroism, with the chemical formula Na₂(Mg,Fe²⁺)₃Al₂Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂.

Translations

a blue amphibole mineral

Finnish: glaukofaani
French: glaucophane (fr) m or f
German: Glaukophan m
Italian: glaucofane m
Spanish: glaucofana f

Further reading

David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Glaucophane”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
“glaucophane”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

French

Noun

glaucophane m or f (plural glaucophanes)

(mineralogy) glaucophane

Further reading

“glaucophane”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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