sordavaliten.
/ˈsɔːdəvalʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
A vitreous mineral substance found in diabase.
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sordavalite1823
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glottalite1836
keilhauite1846
schorlomite1846
tscheffkinite1850
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partschinite1868
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1823 W. Phillips Elem. Introd. Mineral. (ed. 3) 210 Sordawalite..is described as being nearly black.
1850 D. T. Ansted Elem. Course Geol. 191 Sordawalite, silicate of alumina and magnesia with phosphate of magnesia.
1868 H. Watts Dict. Chem. Sordawallite, a mineral resembling pit-coal in appearance, forming three layers in trap near Sordawala in Finland.
1882 Imperial Dict. (Annandale) Sordavalite. [So in later Dicts.]
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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