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Freirinite

Name:Named for its supposed type locality, Freirina, in Atacama Province, Chile.
Synonym of:Lavendulan


Described as a new mineral by William F. Foshag in 1924, but discredited as being the same species as lavendulan by C. Guillemin in 1957.

References for Freirinite

Reference List:Goldsmith (1877) Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences Philadelphia: 192.

Foshag (1924) American Mineralogist: 9: 30.

Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 7th edition, revised and enlarged, 1124 pp.: 750, 920-921 (as Freirinite).

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