Cordylite - history and survival as a mineral species
- Author(s)
- Josef Zemann
- Abstract
Cordylite [= cordylite-(Ce) in modern nomenclature] was discovered at the end of the 19th century from Narsarsuk, Greenland. Shortcomings of the original chemical analysis and an error in an early X-ray investigation caused that the same mineral was later described from China as "baiyuneboite-(Ce)". Fortunately, the type material of cordylite was preserved in the mineral collection of the Copenhagen Museum. Its re-investigation, together with work on material from other localities, showed that type cordylite and "baiyuneboite-(Ce)" are identical mineral species. Because cordylite has priority, the Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names of IMA discredited "baiyuneboite-(Ce)" as a valid mineral name. The history of cordylite shows convincingly the importance of storing type material of any new mineral species in a collection where it is well preserved and where it will be available for re-investigation. © 2002 E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, D-70176 Stuttgart.
- Organisation(s)
- Department of Mineralogy and Crystallography
- Journal
- Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie. Monatshefte
- Pages
- 255-264
- No. of pages
- 10
- ISSN
- 0028-3649
- Publication date
- 2002
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 1051 Geology, Mineralogy
- Portal url
- https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/en/publications/cordylite--history-and-survival-as-a-mineral-species(8afaf3d8-d180-4833-830f-de2439b5a3ca).html