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BROMLITE
, a member of the See also:aragonite See also:group of minerals
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It consists of an isomorphous mixture of See also:calcium and See also:barium See also:carbonates in various proportions, (Ca, Ba) CO3, and thus
differs chemically from See also:barytocalcite (q.v.) which is a See also:double See also:salt of these carbonates in equal molecular proportions
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Being isomorphous with aragonite, it crystallizes in the orthorhombic See also:system, but See also:simple -crystals are not known
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The crystals are invariably complex twins, and have the See also:form of doubly terminated pseudo-hexagonal pyramids, like those of See also:witherite but more acute; the faces are horizontally striated and are divided down their centre by a twin-suture, as represented in the adjoining figure
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The examination in polarized See also:light of a transverse See also:section shows that each See also:compound crystal is built up of six differently orientated individuals arranged in twelve segments
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The crystals are translucent and See also: Breithaupt in 1841, both of which names, derived from the locality, have been in See also:common use . (L . J . |
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