Homilite

Homilite

Homilite is a borosilicate mineral belonging to the gadolinite group of minerals with formula Ca2(Fe,Mg)B2Si2O10.

It occurs as brown monoclinic crystals within feldspar masses in pegmatite and was discovered in 1876 in Stoko island, Langesundfiord, Norway. The name is from the Greek for "to occur together", in allusion to its association with meliphanite and
allanite.

References

* [http://www.minsocam.org/msa/Handbook/Homilite.PDF Mineral Society of America Handbook (PDF)]
* [http://www.mindat.org/min-1926.html Mindat with locations]
* [http://www.webmineral.com/data/Homilite.shtml Webmineral data]


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