I was deeply surprised when I read lately a news about the forthcoming shortage of leopoldite for chinese industries, since I never heard about that mineral in more than 60 years of mineralogy practice:
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Now I know better, but still wonder what was behind this misleading use of a rarely used synonym of sylvite (by an armchair chinese clerc?) It would perhaps be wise to have a look into a chinese/english mineralogical dictionnary!
J.J.