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Name: Eastonite RRUFF ID: R100078 Ideal Chemistry: KAlMg2(Si2Al2)O10(OH)2 Locality: C.K. Williams & Co. quarry, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, USA Source: Jeff Weissman [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Yellowish-green platy Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed. |
Mineral Group: [ mica (50) ] |
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REFERENCES for Eastonite | |
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Winchell A N (1925) Studies in the mica group - Part 1, American Journal of Science, 9, 309-327 [view file] |
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Livi K J T, Veblen D R (1987) Eastonite from Easton, Pennsylvania: A mixture of phlogopite and a new form of serpentine, American Mineralogist, 72, 113-125 [view file] |
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Rieder M, Cavazzini G, DYakonov 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] |
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