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nordenskiöldine Min.|nɔːdənˈʃɜːldiːn, -skiːˈɜːldiːn| [ad. Sw. nordenskiöldin (W. C. Brögger 1887, in Geol. Förening. Stockholm Förhand. IX. 255), f. the name of Baron Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (1832–1901), Swedish geologist and explorer: see -ine5.] A borate of calcium and tin, CaSnB2O6, found as colourless or yellow rhombohedral crystals.
1890Jrnl. Chem. Soc. LVIII. 1078 Nordenskiöldine, named after the celebrated traveller, is of great rarity in the Norwegian veins. 1935Mineral. Abstr. VI. 46 An ore pipe in marble near a granite contact at Arandis, South-West Africa.., contains near its margin cassiterite, tourmaline, and small colourless plates of the rare mineral nordenskiöldine. 1966Doklady Earth Sci. CLXIV. 131/1 Macroscopically, the nordenskiöldine synthesized is a dense white mass in which hexagonal, heavily tabular crystals up to 0·005 mm in size are discernible under the microscope. |