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Aerinite
Inosilicate mineral
Inosilicate mineral
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Aerinite |
| image | Aerinite2.jpg |
| imagesize | 260px |
| caption | Aerinite from Spain |
| category | Inosilicates |
| formula | |
| IMAsymbol | Aer |
| strunz | 9.DB.45 |
| system | Trigonal |
| symmetry | *P3c1* |
| unit cell | a = 14.690(15), b = 16.872(15) |
| c = 5.170(15) [Å]; β = 94.75°; Z = 1 | |
| color | Blue to blue-green |
| habit | fibrous |
| mohs | 3 |
| luster | vitreous |
| streak | bluish white |
| diaphaneity | translucent |
| gravity | 2.48 |
| opticalprop | Biaxial (−) |
| 2V | 63° (calc.) |
| refractive | nα1.510(5), nβ = 1.560(5), nγ = 1.580 |
| pleochroism | Intense; X = bright blue; Y = Z = pale beige |
| dispersion | δ = 0.07 |
| references |
c = 5.170(15) [Å]; β = 94.75°; Z = 1 | length fast/slow =
Aerinite () is a bluish-purple inosilicate mineral. It crystallizes in the monoclinic system and occurs as fibrous or compact masses and coatings. It has a dark, vitreous luster, a specific gravity of 2.48 and a Mohs hardness of 3.
It is a low-temperature hydrothermal phase occurring in zeolite facies alteration of dolerites. Associated minerals include prehnite, scolecite and mesolite.
Its name comes from a Greek root "aerinos," meaning "atmosphere" or "sky blue". It was first described by Lasaulx (1876) from a specimen in the Wrocław museum that was obtained in Aragon, Spain. In 1882, the geologist Luis Mariano Vidal found the mineral in situ in Caserras del Castillo, a locality that currently belongs to the municipality of Estopiñán del Castillo, in Huesca (Spain).
Deposits and uses
Aerinite is a rare mineral. It has been found in several deposits in the Spanish Pyrenees of Huesca and Lleida, as in Estopiñán del Castillo, Camporrélls, Juseu and Tartareu. In France, the site is important from St. Pendelon, in the Landes. Aerinite was used as a blue pigment in Romanesque paintings in many churches in the Spain, and also in some French, including the most famous of them, the Pantocrator in the church of San Clemente de Tahull.
References
References
- Warr, L.N.. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical Magazine.
- [http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/aerinite.pdf Aerinite]. Handbook of Mineralogy
- [http://www.webmineral.com/data/Aerinite.shtml Aerinite]. Webmineral
- [http://www.mindat.org/min-34.html Aerinite]. Mindat.org
- (23 February 2004). "Structure determination of the blue mineral pigment aerinite from synchrotron powder diffraction data: The solution of an old riddle". European Journal of Mineralogy.
- Lasaulx, A.v.. (1876). "Aërinit, ein neues Mineral". Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie.
- Vidal, Luis Mariano. (1882). "Yacimiento de la aerinita". Boletín de la Comisión del Mapa Geológico de España.
- Calvo, Miguel. (2018). "Minerales y Minas de España. Silicatos". Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Minas de Madrid. Fundación Gómez Pardo.
- Calvo, Miguel. (2017). "Aerinita, la piedra azul del Pirineo". Naturaleza Aragonesa.
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