Ferro-obertiite, Na Na2 (Fe2+3 Fe 3+Ti) Si8 O22O2, a new mineral species of the amphibole group from Coyote peak, Humboldt county, California

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 301-306

  Hawthorne, Frank C ^a   Ball, Neil A ^a   Czamanske, Gerald K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Coyote peak; Electron microprobe analysis; Ferro obertiite; Humboldt county; New amphibole species; Optical properties; U.S.A.

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; COYOTE PEAK; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE REFINEMENT; DIATREME; DIFFRACTION LINES; ELECTRON MICROPROBES; ELECTRON-MICROPROBE ANALYSIS; IN-PLANE; MATRIX; NEW MINERAL SPECIES; POLARIZED LIGHT; POWDER PATTERNS; SPACE GROUPS;

BRITTLE FRACTURE; CALCIUM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; IRON OXIDES; MANGANESE; MANGANESE OXIDE; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

SODIUM;

AEGIRINE; AMPHIBOLE GROUP; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIATREME; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; FELDSPAR; FERRO-OBERTIITE; GRAYWACKE; HARDNESS; LITHIC FRAGMENT; MOHS SCALE; NEW MINERAL; PLEOCHROISM; SANDSTONE; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

CALIFORNIA; HUMBOLDT COUNTY [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

CANIS LATRANS;

EID: 77954014146     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3749/canmin.48.2.301     Document Type: Article

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