glaucophane

English

Glaucophane

Noun

glaucophane (countable and uncountable, plural glaucophanes)

1. (mineralogy) A blue amphibole mineral, a mixed aluminate of sodium, magnesium and aluminium that exhibits pleochroism, with the chemical formula Na₂(Mg,Fe²⁺)₃Al₂Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂.

Translations

a blue amphibole mineral

• Finnish: glaukofaani
• French: glaucophane (fr) m or f
• German: Glaukophan m
• Italian: glaucofane m
• Spanish: glaucofana f

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Glaucophane”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “glaucophane”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.

French

Noun

glaucophane m or f (plural glaucophanes)

1. (mineralogy) glaucophane

Further reading

• “glaucophane”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.