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Name and First Discovery : Named after the supposed first discovery site in "Alabanda," Aidin, Turkey. However, unlike the garnet mineral Almandine, which is also named after this location, the mineral has never actually been found in Turkey. It was first described (though incorrectly) in 1784 by Franz Joseph Müller von Reichenstein. The current name Alabandine was coined in 1832 by François Sulpice Beudant.
Abbreviation : Abd
literature
Törnroos, R. (1982). Properties of alabandite; alabandite from Finland. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie. Abhandlungen , 144 (1), 107-123.
