Color Names

Hauyne

Dark blue mineral, found in volcanic rocks, with a name as exotic as lapis.

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Hauyne is a deep blue.

It can be described as deep, rich, dark and dim.

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Hauyne

Hauyne

Hauyne or haüyne, also called hauynite or haüynite, old name Azure spar, is a rare tectosilicate sulfate mineral with endmember formula Na3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4). As much as 5 wt % K2O may be present, and also H2O and Cl. It is a feldspathoid and a member of the sodalite group. Hauyne was first described in 1807 from samples discovered in Vesuvian lavas in Monte Somma, Italy, and was named in 1807 by Brunn-Neergard for the French crystallographer René Just Haüy (1743–1822). It is sometimes used as a gemstone.

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hauyne

Noun

  1. Alternative spelling of haüyne.
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