different between kupletskite vs astrophyllite

kupletskite

English

Etymology

After Boris Kupletski and Elsa Kupletskaya, Russian geologists, +? -ite

Noun

kupletskite

  1. (mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing fluorine, hydrogen, iron, manganese, niobium, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, and titanium.

Derived terms

  • niobokupletskite

References

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Kupletskite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database

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astrophyllite

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (ast?r, star) + ?????? (phúllon, leaf) +? -ite.

Noun

astrophyllite (countable and uncountable, plural astrophyllites)

  1. (mineralogy) A rare, brown to golden-yellow hydrous potassium iron titanium silicate mineral, visually identical to kupletskite.

Further reading

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Astrophyllite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
  • “astrophyllite”, in Mindat.org?[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

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