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EARTH 231 strucs
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Undergraduate 2
12/19/2013

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Term
ABZO4
Definition

Olivine Group

Calcic (Monticellite,Kirschteinite)

Ca(Mg,Fe)SiO4

Non Calcic (Forsterite,Fayalite)

(Mg,Fe)2SiO4

 

Term
ABZ2O6
Definition

Pyroxene Group

Clinopyroxenes (diposide,hedenbergite)

Ca(Mg,Fe)SiO6

Orthopyroxenes (enstatite,ferrosilite)

(Mg,Fe)SiO3

Term
W0-1A2B5Z8O22(X)2
Definition

Amphibole Group

Calcic amphiboles

(tremolite, actinolite, ferroactinolite)

Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2

 

Non-Calcic Amphiboles

(orhtorhombic anthophylite/monoclinic cummingtonite and grunerite series)

(Mg,Fe)7Si8O22(OH)2

 

Term
W0-1B2-3Z4O10(X)2
Definition

Mica Group

 

Dioctahedral Micas (muscovite)

KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

 

Trioctahedral Micas (Biotite Series)

 

K(Mg,Fe)3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

Term
W0-1ZXO2X
Definition

Framwork Silicates

 

Feldspars

Plagioclase (Albite,Anorthite)

(Ca,Na)(Al,Si)AlSi2O8

Orthoclase 

(K,Na)AlSi3O8

 

Felspathoids

Nepheline - NaAlSiO4

Leucite - NaAlSi2O6

Kalsilite - KAlSiO4

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