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Brøggerite

A synonym of 'Thorian Uraninite'
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Thorian Uraninite

Ånnerud, Våler, Østfold, Norway
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Thorian Uraninite

Ånnerud, Våler, Østfold, Norway
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Thorian Uraninite

Ånnerud, Våler, Østfold, Norway
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About BrøggeriteHide

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Waldemar Christopher Brögger
Formula:
UO2
Name:
Named in 1884 by Christian Wilhelm Blomstrand to honor one of the great petrologists of an age of great petrologists Waldemar Christofer Brøgger [November 10, 1851 Oslo - February 17, 1940 Oslo, Norway] whose description of paragenesis of nepheline syenite pegmatites first published in 1890 is still quoted today.
Synonym:
A synonym of 'Thorian Uraninite'
A Thorian Uraninite with up to 14% ThO2



Name EncodingHide

ASCII-7:
Broggerite

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:
11619 (as Brøggerite)
770 (as Thorian Uraninite)
4102 (as Uraninite)
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:11619:4 (as Brøggerite)
mindat:1:1:770:8 (as Thorian Uraninite)
mindat:1:1:4102:3 (as Uraninite)

Similar NamesHide

BrickeriteA synonym of AustiniteCaZn(AsO4)(OH)

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