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409:"aerinos," meaning "atmosphere" or "sky blue". It was first described by Lasaulx (1876) from a specimen in the Wroclaw museum that was obtained in Aragon, Spain. In 1882, the geologist Luis Mariano Vidal found the mineral in situ in Caserras del Castillo, a locality that currently belongs to the municipality of Estopiñán del Castillo, in Huesca (Spain).
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Aerinite is a rare mineral. It has been found in several deposits in the
Spanish Pyrenees of Huesca and Lleida, as in Estopiñán del Castillo, Camporrells, Juseu and Tartareu. In France, the site is important from St. Pendelon, in the Landes. Aerinite was used as a blue pigment in Romanesque
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Rius, Jordi; Elkaim, Erik; Torrelles, Xavier (23 February 2004). "Structure determination of the blue mineral pigment aerinite from synchrotron powder diffraction data: The solution of an old riddle".
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paintings in many churches in the Spain, and also in some French, including the most famous of them, the
Pantocrator in the church of San Clemente de Tahull.
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system and occurs as fibrous or compact masses and coatings. It has a dark, vitreous luster, a
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phase occurring in zeolite facies alteration of dolerites. Associated minerals include
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Vidal, Luis
Mariano (1882). "Yacimiento de la aerinita".
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Lasaulx, A.v. (1876). "Aërinit, ein neues
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460:"IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols"
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368:mineral. It crystallizes in the
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695:Minerals in space group 158
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112:Strunz classification
641:Naturaleza Aragonesa
565:2004EJMin..16..127R
485:10.1180/mgm.2021.43
476:2021MinM...85..291W
458:Warr, L.N. (2021).
16:Inosilicate mineral
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165:Blue to blue-green
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278:63° (calc.)
264:Pleochroism
250:1.510(5), n
236:Biaxial (−)
218:translucent
214:Diaphaneity
134:Space group
51:Inosilicate
659:Categories
609:: 113–121.
590:: 352–358.
445:References
370:monoclinic
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284:Dispersion
181:Mohs scale
102:IMA symbol
71:(Al,Fe,Mg)
494:235729616
393:scolecite
146:Unit cell
91:·12H
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539:Aerinite
527:Aerinite
512:Aerinite
433:See also
397:mesolite
389:prehnite
355:·12
302:Aerinite
288:δ = 0.07
274:2V angle
198:vitreous
184:hardness
127:Trigonal
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561:Bibcode
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258:= 1.580
175:fibrous
116:9.DB.45
58:Formula
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