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Name: Ferro-pargasite RRUFF ID: R090015 Ideal Chemistry: NaCa2(Fe2+4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2 Locality: Basha Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan Source: Herb Obodda Owner: RRUFF Description: Black bladed single crystal with striations Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by X-ray diffraction |
Mineral Group: [ amphibole (107) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R090015.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 9.9145(6)Å b: 18.084(1)Å c: 5.3273(5)Å alpha: 90° beta: 105.152(7)° gamma: 90° Volume: 921.95(9)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Ferro-pargasite | |
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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] |
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Wilkinson J F G (1961) Some aspects of the calciferous amphiboles, oxyhornblende, kaersutite and barkevikite, American Mineralogist, 46, 340-354 [view file] |
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Oberti R, Ungaretti L, Cannillo E, Hawthorne F C (1993) The mechanism of Cl incorporation in amphibole, American Mineralogist, 78, 746-752 |
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Leake B E, Woolley A R, Arps C E S, Birch W D, Gilbert M C, Grice J D, Hawthorne F C, Kato A, Kisch H J, Krivovichev V G, Linthout K, Laird J, Mandarino J A, Maresch W V, Nickel E H, Rock N M S, Schumacher J C, Smith D C, Stephenson N C N, Ungaretti L, Whittaker E J W, Youzhi G (1997) Nomenclature of amphiboles: report of the Subcommittee on Amphiboles of the International Mineralogical Association, Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 219-246 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Grew E S, Roberts A C (2002) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 87, 181-184 [view file] |
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Burke E A J, Leake B E (2004) "Named amphiboles": a new category of amphiboles recognized by the International Mineralogical Association (IMA), and the proper order of prefixes to be used in amphibole names, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 1881-1883 [view file] |
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Hawthorne F C, Oberti R, Harlow G E, Maresch W V, Martin R F, Schumacher J C, Welch M D (2012) Nomenclature of the amphibole supergroup, American Mineralogist, 97, 2031-2048 [view file] |
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