Aegirine [SEP] named after
, aenigmatite, astrophyllite, catapleiite, eudialyte, serandite and apophyllite.
Localities include Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada; Kongsberg, Norway; Narsarssuk, Greenland; Kola Peninsula, Russia; Magnet Cove, Arkansas, US; Kenya; Scotland and Nigeria.
It was first described in 1835 for an occurrence in Rundemyr, Øvre Eiker, Buskerud, Norway. Aegirine was named after Ægir, the Norse god of the sea. A synonym for the mineral is "acmite" (from Greek ἀκμή "point,
Peninsula, Russia. Its mineral association includes nepheline, albite, aegirine, riebeckite, katophorite and quartz.
Arfvedsonite was discovered in 1823 and named for the Swedish chemist Johan August Arfwedson (1792–1841).
See also.
- List of minerals
- List of minerals named after people
References.
- Deer, W.A., R.A. Howie, and J. Zussman (1963) "Rock-forming Minerals", v. 2, "Chain Silicates", p. 364–374
- Mineral Galleries