Articles | Volume 34, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-34-321-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-34-321-2022
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24 May 2022
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Arrojadite-group nomenclature: sigismundite reinstated

Frank de Wit and Stuart J. Mills

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The name sigismundite has been reinstated for what was previously arrojadite-(BaFe). Sigismundite honours Pietro Sigismund (1874–1962), and this paper outlines his significant contributions to Italian mineralogy.