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Thomsenolite

Thomsenolite \Thom"sen*o*lite\, n. [Named after Dr. J. Thomsen of Copenhagen. See -lite.] (Min.) A fluoride of aluminium, calcium, and sodium occurring with the cryolite of Greenland.

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thomsenolite

n. (context mineralogy English) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, and sodium.

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Thomsenolite

Thomsenolite is a mineral with formula: NaCaAlF·HO. It is an alteration product of cryolite.

It was discovered in 1868 in Ivigtut, Greenland and named for Hans Peter Jorgen Julius Thomsen (1826–1909).