A rare mineral composed of niobium oxide and fluorine, named after the Swedish chemist Christian Wilhelm Blomstrand.
Named eponymously after C.W. Blomstrand (1826-1897) using the mineral-naming suffix '-ine.' Such named minerals honor scientists who contributed to crystallography or geology.
Scientists get minerals named after them as the ultimate scientific honor—blomstrandine is relatively unknown, but to mineralogists it's a permanent tribute to Blomstrand's contributions!
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