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Priorite

A synonym of Aeschynite-(Y)
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George Thurland Prior
Formula:
(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6
Name:
Named in 1906 by Waldemar Christofer Brøgger in honor of George Thurland Prior [December 16, 1862 Oxford, England, United Kingdom – March 8, 1936 Hatch End, England, United Kingdom], keeper of minerals at the British Museum of Natural History 1909-1927. Prior was an exceptional analytical chemist and was head of the analytical department through most of his tenure. He named a number of minerals, jointly or solely: derbylite, fermorite, florencite, iodembolite, lewisite, serendibite, teallite, tripuhyite, senaite, and zirkelite. He was an important researcher in meteoritics.
Synonym:
A synonym of Aeschynite-(Y)
This page provides mineralogical data about Priorite.


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Mindat ID:
4484 (as Priorite)
39 (as Aeschynite-(Y))
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:4484:0 (as Priorite)
mindat:1:1:39:6 (as Aeschynite-(Y))

Similar NamesHide

PerrieriteA synonym
Perrierite-(Ce)A valid IMA mineral species - grandfatheredCe4MgFe23+Ti2(Si2O7)2O8
Perrierite-(La)A valid IMA mineral species(La,Ce,Ca)4(Fe2+,Mn)(Ti,Fe3+,Al)4[(Si2O7)O4]2
Perrierite-(Nd)Nd4MgFe23+Ti2(Si2O7)2O8 ?
PoirieriteA valid IMA mineral speciesMg2SiO4

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