Formula : (Ca,Na)3(Zr,Ti,Y)[(O,F,OH)2/Si2O7
System: triclinic Hardness:5½ Rarity:rare
Strunz id:VIII/C.11-50 -
SILICATES
Name origin: Named by W.C. Brögger in 1890 in honor of Thorstein Hallager Hiortdahl (04 May 1839, Bergen, Norway - 29 October 1925, Oslo, Norway), chemist, mineralogist, crystallographer, and politician.
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