Well attestedNamed from the place
eifelite
noun · first attested 1983
It was the first mineral of its group found with sodium in the octahedral site that magnesium or iron normally holds.
A potassium sodium magnesium silicate of the osumilite group.
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- Relationship
- Named from the place
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- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 1983
- Part of speech
- noun
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Eifel
- In English
eifelite
K. Abraham and co-workers announced eifelite in 1980 under a title noting sodium in octahedral position, and published the full description in 1983, from the volcanic Eifel district of Rhineland-Palatinate. The Eifel's alkaline lavas and their limestone xenoliths are among the most productive type localities in Europe. Type material is held in Bochum and at the Smithsonian.
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