Micarelle
A material that is NOT an approved mineral species
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Name:
A name first introduced by Kirwan 1794 for a brownish black mineral found in a granite (locality not mentioned), probably a mica? (Raade 1996). Later used by Abildgaard (1800) for a mineral found as up to 4,5 cm long to 1,5 cm wide quadratic prismatic crystals from the Arendal iron mines, Aust-Agder, Norway, which he though was a sort of micarelle (of Kirwan). Häuy (1801, t. 4, p. 384) showed later that the micarelle (of Abildgaard) is quite different from the micarelle (of Kirwan). He also cited Manthey that had found a similarity between the micarelle of Abildgaard and scapolite. It was later showed that these were mica pseudomorphous after scapolite crystals.
A: For a brownish black mica mineral found in granite (of Kirwan 1794).
B: Mica pseudomorphous after scapolite (of Abildgaard 1800).
B: Mica pseudomorphous after scapolite (of Abildgaard 1800).
Unique Identifiers
Mindat ID:
46410
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:46410:7
GUID
(UUID V4):
(UUID V4):
5d69ae02-f1ce-4d69-9542-a7808776f824
Other Information
Health Risks:
No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.
References for Micarelle
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Kirwan, R. (1794): Elements of Mineralogy, 2nd edition, 1, xxvii + 510pp. London. [pp. 212-213]
Abildgaard, [P. C.] (1800): Sur plusieurs pierres nouvelles envoyées de Norwège. Annales de Chimie 32, 193-196.
Haüy, [R.J.] (1801): Traité de minéralogie. Tome 4. Paris, Libraire Louis, 592 p.[8.ed]
Raade, G. (1996): Minerals originally described from Norway. Including notes on type material. Norsk Bergverksmuseum Skrift, 11, 104 pp. + plates 1-7.
Larsen, K.E. (2011): Mineralene i Arendals skarn-jernmalm-forekomster; mer enn 200 års mineralogihistorie. Norsk Bergverksmuseum Skrift 46, 57-82.
Internet Links for Micarelle
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