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| Name: | Named after appearance of the characteristic twin aggregates (Greek & Latin "sagena" = net). | ||
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| A variety of Rutile The original definition of the name Sagenite was made by Horace Bénédict de Saussure in 1796. "These small crystals usually cross at the same angles, so as to form a mesh-like network of parallelograms; it seemed proper to me because of this singular property to provide this stone a name; I have named it Sagenite, from the Greek & Latin word sagena, which means net." ["Ces petits crystaux se croisent ordinairement sous les memes angles, de maniere a former des réseaux dont les mailles-sont des parallelogrammes; cette singulaire propriété m’a paru proper a determiner le nom de la Pierre; je l’ai nommee Sagenite, du mot grec & latin sagena, qui signifie un filet."] See also: Sagenite (of Kunz) | |||
Classification of Sagenite (of Saussure) | |
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Other Names for Sagenite (of Saussure) | |
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| Health Warning: | No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care. |
References for Sagenite (of Saussure) | |
| Reference List: | http://www.geocities.com/minmaven/sagenite.htm Saussure, Horace Bénédict de (1796) Voyages dans les Alpes, précédés d'un essai sur l'histoire naturelle des environs le Genève. Published 1796 S. Fauche Dana, James Dwight (1850) A System of Mineralogy Published 1850, Third Edition New York |
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