WERNERITE
Kokcha Valley,
Badakhshan,
AFGHANISTAN
(Na4Al3Si9O24Cl)

Crystal: Tetragonal
Hardness: 5.5 - 6
Sp.G.: 2.66 - 2.72
Cleavage: Good
Fracture: Conchoidal
Colour: Pink, red, blue, brown,
white, grey, colourless, green,
yellow, orange, purple
Lustre: Vitreous

Wernerite is a variety of scapolite. It was named in 1800 by José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva (1763-1838) for Abraham Gottlob Werner.

He was professor of mining and mineralogy at the Freiberg Mining Academy.

He was an influential teacher and his ideas shaped early geological thought, although they were largely abandoned by geologists in his lifetime.

Original mineral was from Northo (Nødebro?) and Ulricha Mines (?), Arendal Iron Mines, Norway.

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