A rare mineral consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate, found in certain metamorphic rocks.
From Aschaffenburg, a city in Germany where the mineral was first identified, with the suffix -ite (mineral). Named in the 19th century following mineralogical naming conventions.
Minerals are often named after the places where they're discovered—aschaffite is so rare that most geologists will never see a sample, yet it's in the official mineral registry of 5,000+ species.
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