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Pierre Louis Antoine Cordier was a French geologist and mineralogist whose work focused on rocks, minerals, and the geology of volcanic formations in the early nineteenth century. He was a professor of geology at the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle in Paris. The mineral cordierite was named in...
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Important early microscopic petrology and mineralogical classification, with lasting namesake recognition but modest broader influence.
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Iolite is the gem variety of cordierite, a magnesium- and aluminum-bearing silicate mineral that commonly appears blue, violet-blue, or grayish. It is strongly pleochroic, meaning that its apparent color changes when viewed from different directions, so careful cutting is important. Iolite is used i...
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