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AMPHIBOLE

Miscellaneous

• Family: Raw Mineral
• Region: None
• Mined At: Unspecified
• Raw Mineral: Yes
• Generic: No

Notes

(Richard Willis)

A group of silicate minerals found principally in igneous and metamorphic rocks.
Fe-Mg-Mn amphiboles: magnesio-anthophyllite, magnesio-cummingtonite, grunerite, magnesio-gedrite, calcic amphiboles, tremolite, ferroactinolite, edinite, pargasite, hastingsite, alumino-tschermakite
Na-Ca amphiboles: alumino-winchite, rickerite, eckermanite, arfedsonite
alkali amphiboles: glaucophane, riebeckite

Authors

• Richard Willis (Owner)

XML

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<note>A group of silicate minerals found principally in igneous and metamorphic rocks.&lt;BR&gt;
&lt;B&gt;&lt;I&gt;Fe-Mg-Mn amphiboles&lt;/I&gt;: &lt;/B&gt;magnesio-anthophyllite, magnesio-cummingtonite, grunerite, magnesio-gedrite, calcic amphiboles, tremolite, ferroactinolite, edinite, pargasite, hastingsite, alumino-tschermakite&lt;BR&gt;
&lt;B&gt;&lt;I&gt;Na-Ca amphiboles&lt;/I&gt;: &lt;/B&gt;alumino-winchite, rickerite, eckermanite, arfedsonite&lt;BR&gt;
&lt;B&gt;&lt;I&gt;alkali amphiboles&lt;/I&gt;: &lt;/B&gt;glaucophane, riebeckite&lt;BR&gt;

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