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morinite, n. Min.|ˈmɒrɪnaɪt|
[a. F. morinite (A. Lacroix 1891, in Bull. Soc. Min. XIV. 189), f. the name of Morineau, director of the mine at Montebras, France, where it was first found.]
A hydrated basic fluophosphate of sodium, calcium, and aluminium, NaCa2Al2(PO4)2 (OH)F4.2H2O , occurring as colourless, white, or pale pinkish monoclinic crystals and red lamellar masses.
1892E. S. Dana Dana's Syst. Min. (ed. 6) 1042 Morinite... A new species, announced but not fully described, occurring with the amblygonite at Montibras. 1935Amer. Mineralogist XX. 196 A few small prismatic crystals of the morinite were obtained from cavities in the rock. 1958Ibid. XLIII. 585 A somewhat wider zone consisting of faintly pinkish (nearly colorless) morinite crystals in masses of light greenish to light bluish apatite. The morinite is massive, coarsely crystalline. 1979Canad. Mineralogist XVII. 93/2 Morinite, a rare hydrothermal hydrous fluorophosphate, is found in association with montebrasite, apatite, augelite and wardite in pegmatitic environments. |