Cordierite (mineralogy) or iolite (gemology) is a magnesium iron aluminium cyclosilicate. Iron is almost always present, and a solid solution exists between...

Cordierites is a genus of fungi in the family Cordieritidaceae. The genus name of Cordierites is in honour of François Simon Cordier (1797-1874), a French...

common filter is made of cordierite (a ceramic material that is also used as catalytic converter supports (cores)). Cordierite filters provide excellent...

Combeite Conichalcite Connellite Cooperite Copiapite Copper Corderoite Cordierite Corkite Cornubite Cornwallite Corundum Cotunnite Covellite Coyoteite Creedite...

the unaided eye, there are often larger crystals (porphyroblasts) of cordierite, garnet or andalusite scattered through the fine matrix, and these may...

varieties include the gemstones emerald (green) and aquamarine (bluish). Cordierite is structurally similar to beryl, and is a common metamorphic mineral...

distinctive minerals, such as garnet, staurolite, kyanite, sillimanite, or cordierite. Because schists are a very large class of metamorphic rock, geologists...

blue-yellow / blue-colorless Benitoite (strong): colorless / dark blue Cordierite (aka Iolite) (orthorhombic; very strong): pale yellow / violet / pale...

abundance of microscopic inclusions, with examples including opal and cordierite, jadeite. Many minerals with a greasy lustre also feel greasy to the touch...

required. The substrate is structured to produce a large surface area. The cordierite ceramic substrate used in most catalytic converters was invented by Rodney...