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Bröggerite

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Named in 1884 by Christian Wilhelm Blomstrand to honor one of the great petrologists of an age of great petrologists Waldemar Christopher Brögger [November 10, 1851 Oslo - February 17, 1840 Oslo, Norway] whose description of paragenesis of nepheline syenite pegmatites first published in 1890 is still quoted today.
Synonym of:Thorian Uraninite


A Thorian Uraninite with up to 14% ThO2

References for Bröggerite

Reference List:Blomstrand (1884), Geol. För Forh.: 7: 60.

Palache, Charles, Harry Berman & Clifford Frondel (1944), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana Yale University 1837-1892, Volume I: Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts, Oxides. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York. 7th edition, revised and enlarged: 613.

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