On the classification of amphiboles

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-21

  Hawthorne, Frank C ^a,b   Oberti, Roberta ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amphibole group; Classification

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLES; DOMINANT-CONSTITUENT PRINCIPLE;

COMPOSITION; POSITIVE IONS; SILICATE MINERALS;

MINERALOGY;

AMPHIBOLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLASSIFICATION; NEW MINERAL;

EID: 33744792029     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.44.1.1     Document Type: Article

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