Spinel - Spinel (English spelling)

Japanese: スピネル - すぴねる(英語表記)spinel
Spinel - Spinel (English spelling)

The term "spinel" is also used as a synonym. It can refer to the spinel group of minerals in general, or to the single mineral spinel in the narrow sense. To avoid confusion, the latter is called "durite spinel" or "durite spinel". Spinel is found in thermally metamorphosed dolomite, silica-poor clayey sedimentary rocks, ultramafic rocks, and mafic rocks. Its idiomorph is based on a regular octahedron, and it can form repeated twins (spinel twins) based on this base. Famous Japanese production areas include the Kasuga mine (closed) in Ibigawa-cho, Gifu Prefecture, and the Kiura mine (closed) in Ume-cho, Oita Prefecture (now Ume, Saiki City). Transparent spinels can be polished and used as gemstones. Red spinels in particular are used as a ruby ​​substitute. The word derives from the Latin spinella, meaning "little thorn."

[Akira Kato, August 21, 2017]

[References] | Euhedral | Twinned crystals [Additional information] | Spinel (Data notes)
Spinel (raw stone)
Red spinel ©Central Gem Laboratory ">

Spinel (raw stone)

Spinel
The photo shows a pale blue spinel ©Central Gem Laboratory ">

Spinel


Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

尖晶石(せんしょうせき)という名称も同義語として用いられる。スピネル系鉱物の総称をさす場合と、その一員である狭義の単一鉱物種スピネルをさす場合とがある。混乱を防ぐ場合には、後者を苦土スピネルあるいは苦土尖晶石という。スピネルは、熱変成を受けた苦灰岩、ケイ酸分に乏しい粘土質の堆積(たいせき)岩、超塩基性岩、塩基性岩中などに産する。自形は正八面体を基本としたもので、これを基体とした反覆双晶(スピネル双晶)をつくることがある。日本の産地としては、岐阜県揖斐川(いびがわ)町春日(かすが)鉱山(閉山)、大分県宇目(うめ)町(現、佐伯(さいき)市宇目)木浦(きうら)鉱山(閉山)などが有名。透明なものは研磨して宝石として用いられることもある。とくに赤色のものはルビーの代用品として用いられる。語源は、ラテン語の「小さなとげ」を意味するスピネラに由来する。

[加藤 昭 2017年8月21日]

[参照項目] | 自形 | 双晶[補完資料] | スピネル(データノート)
スピネル(尖晶石)〔原石〕
紅色のスピネル©中央宝石研究所">

スピネル(尖晶石)〔原石〕

スピネル
写真は淡青色のスピネル©中央宝石研究所">

スピネル


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