arfvedsonite

[ ahr-vid-suh-nahyt ]

noun

, Mineralogy.

1. a sodium-rich amphibole, occurring in green to black crystals in alkalic rocks.

Word History and Origins

Origin of arfvedsonite¹

1830–40; named after J. A. Arfvedson (died 1841), Swedish chemist; -ite ¹

Example Sentences

In Greenland there are leucite-tinguaites with much arfvedsonite (hornblende) and eudyalite.

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