Erinite (of Haidinger)

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Name:	Named by Haidinger because "It unites, what is rarely the case with mineral names, the comparatively trite and prosaical allusion to the native country, with the poetical recollection of the characteristic verdure of the Emerald Isle." (Specimens originated in Cornwall)
Synonym of:	Cornwallite

Note: a green synthetic glass is also marketed under the name "erinite".
Fraudulent vendors sell this glass as a "new mineral".

References for Erinite (of Haidinger)
Reference List: - +	Haidinger (1828) Annalen der Physik, Halle, Leipzig: 14: 228. Haidinger (1828) Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science: 4: 154. Turner (1828) Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science: 4: 155. Greg, R.P. and Lettsom, W.G. (1858) Manual of the Mineralogy of Great Britain and Ireland. 483pp., London: 321. Hillebrand and Washington (1888) American Journal of Science: 35: 299. Larsen, E.S. (1921) The Microscopic Determination of the Nonopaque Minerals, First edition, USGS Bulletin 679: 72. 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.: 798-799.
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