Glauconite R070295
Name: Glauconite
RRUFF ID: R070295
Ideal Chemistry: (K,Na)(Fe3+,Al,Mg)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2
Locality: Hope Green Point, Coringa island, Queensland, Australia
Source: Michael Scott S104721 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Loose aggregate of dark green grains associated with quartz
Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed.
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R070295
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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REFERENCES for Glauconite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file]

Rieder M, Cavazzini G, D’Yakonov Y S, Frank-Kamenetskii V A, Gottardt G, Guggenheim S, Koval P V, Muller G, Neiva A M R, Radoslovich E W, Robert J L, Sassi F P, Takeda H, Weiss Z, Wones D R (1998) Nomenclature of the micas, The Canadian Mineralogist, 36, 905-912   [view file]

Longuépée H, Cousineau P A (2006) Constraints on the genesis of ferrian illite and aluminum-rich glauconite: potential impact on sedimentology and isotopic studies, The Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 967-980   [view file]

Drits V A, Zviagina B B, McCarty D K, Salyn A L (2010) Factors responsible for crystal-chemical variations in the solid solutions from illite to aluminoceladonite and from glauconite to celadonite, American Mineralogist, 95, 348-361