Lawsonite is a hydrous calcium aluminium sorosilicate mineral that is commonly found yellow to blue, and is also a type of metamorphic rock. It was found and named after Andrew Cowper Lawson in the late 19th century.
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| - Lawsonite is a hydrous calcium aluminium sorosilicate mineral that is commonly found yellow to blue, and is also a type of metamorphic rock. It was found and named after Andrew Cowper Lawson in the late 19th century.
- Lawsonite is a hydrous calcium aluminium sorosilicate mineral with formula CaAl2Si2O7(OH)2·H2O. Lawsonite crystallizes in the orthorhombic system in prismatic, often tabular crystals. Crystal twinning is common. It forms transparent to translucent colorless, white, and bluish to pinkish grey glassy to greasy crystals. Refractive indices are nα=1.665, nβ=1.672 - 1.676, and nγ=1.684 - 1.686. It is typically almost colorless in thin section, but some lawsonite is pleochroic from colorless to pale yellow to pale blue, depending on orientation. The mineral has a Mohs hardness of 8 and a specific gravity of 3.09. It has perfect cleavage in two directions and a brittle fracture.
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| - Lawsonite is a hydrous calcium aluminium sorosilicate mineral that is commonly found yellow to blue, and is also a type of metamorphic rock. It was found and named after Andrew Cowper Lawson in the late 19th century.
- Lawsonite is a hydrous calcium aluminium sorosilicate mineral with formula CaAl2Si2O7(OH)2·H2O. Lawsonite crystallizes in the orthorhombic system in prismatic, often tabular crystals. Crystal twinning is common. It forms transparent to translucent colorless, white, and bluish to pinkish grey glassy to greasy crystals. Refractive indices are nα=1.665, nβ=1.672 - 1.676, and nγ=1.684 - 1.686. It is typically almost colorless in thin section, but some lawsonite is pleochroic from colorless to pale yellow to pale blue, depending on orientation. The mineral has a Mohs hardness of 8 and a specific gravity of 3.09. It has perfect cleavage in two directions and a brittle fracture. Lawsonite is a metamorphic mineral typical of the glaucophane schist facies. It also occurs as a secondary mineral in altered gabbro and diorite. Associate minerals include epidote, titanite, glaucophane, garnet and quartz. It is an uncommon constituent of eclogite. It was first described in 1895 for occurrences in the Tiburon peninsula, Marin County, California. It was named for geologist Andrew Cowper Lawson (1861-1952) of the University of California.
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