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SHSU Mineralogy Chemical Formulas
Silicates
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Geology
Undergraduate 3
11/06/2014
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Epidote

Sorosilicate 

 Definition
Ca2(Fe,Al)Al2O(SiO4)(Si2O7)(OH)
Term
Zoisite / Clinozoisite

Sorosilicate 
 Definition
Ca2Al3O(SiO4)(Si2O7)(OH)
Term
Vesuvianite

Sorosilicates 
 Definition
Ca10(Mg,Fe)2Al4(SiO4)5 (Si2O7)2 (OH)4
Term
Beryl

Cyclosilicates
 Definition
Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Term
Cordierite

Cyclosilicates
 Definition
(Mg,Fe)2Al4Si5O18 × n H2O
Term
Tourmaline

Cyclosilicate 
 Definition
(Na,Ca)(Li,Mg,Al)(Al,Fe,Mn)6(BO3)3(Si6O18)(OH)4
Term
Cummingtonite

Inosilicate - Amphibole
 Definition
Fe2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2
Term
Glaucophane

Inocilicate - Amphibole
 Definition
Na2Mg3Al2Si8O22(OH)2
Term
Hornblende

Inosilicate - amphiboles
 Definition

(Ca,Na)2-3(Mg,Fe,Al)5Si6(Si,Al)2O22(OH)2
Term
Tremolite


Inosilicate - Amphibole
 Definition
Ca2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2
Term
Actinolite

Inosilicate - Amphibole
 Definition
Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2
Term
Anthrophyllite


Inosilicate - Amphibole
 Definition
Mg7Si8O22(OH)2
Term

Grunerite

Inosilicate - Amphibole

 Definition
Fe7Si8O22(OH)2
Term
Enstatite

Inosilicate - Pyroxene
 Definition
MgSiO3
Term
Diopside

Inosilicate - Pyroxene
 Definition
CaMgSi2O6
Term
Hedenbergite

Inosilicate - Pyroxene
 Definition
CaFeSi2O6
Term
Augite

Inosilicate - Pyroxene
 Definition
(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)(Si,Al)2O6
Term
Jadeite

Inosilicate - Pyroxene
 Definition
NaAlSi2O6
Term
Spodumene

Inosilicate - Pyroxene
 Definition
LiAlSi2O6
Term
Wollastonite

Inosilicate - Pyroxenoid
 Definition
CaSiO3
Term
Rhodonite

Inosilicate - Pyroxenoid
 Definition
MnSiO3
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