ttnicami
ttnicami is a fictional mineral class used in geoscience education and speculative world-building to illustrate metamorphic processes. In the model, ttnicami forms during high-temperature, high-pressure metamorphism at subduction-zone depths, where rocks experience significant stress and chemical exchange. The concept is intentionally simplified for teaching, serving as a placeholder mineral to demonstrate phase relationships and stability fields.
Properties in the model are designed to be pedagogically useful rather than representative of a real mineral.
Occurrence and distribution are confined to fictional settings. In educational simulations, ttnicami is said to form
Discovery and use are tied to pedagogy rather than natural history. The concept originated in teaching materials
Etymology: The name ttnicami derives from elements of a constructed language used in the simulations, chosen
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