Classification

Species:

Ferro-taramite

Formula:

Na(CaNa)(Fe₃²⁺Al₂)(Al₂Si₆O₂₂)(OH)₂

Chemical Analyses:

Oxide wt%:

	1
SiO₂	39.7 %
TiO₂	0.02 %
Al₂O₃	21.54 %
Cr₂O₃	0.04 %
FeO	16.71 %
MnO	0.2 %
MgO	6.47 %
CaO	7.55 %
Na₂O	6.11 %
K₂O	0.16 %
NiO	0.03 %
Total:	98.53 %

Sample references:

1	-	Bolin, C., Mingguo, Z., Carswell, D. A., Wilson, R. N., Qingchen, W., Zhongyan, Z., & Windley, B. F. (1995). Petrogenesis of ultrahigh-pressure rocks and their country rocks at Shuanghe in Dabieshan, central China. European Journal of Mineralogy, 7(1), 119-138.

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

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Locality Data:

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Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

1509452

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:1509452:6

GUID (UUID V4):

fbf8fe99-30a8-4ed0-b388-b01e8ec1387e

References

Bolin, C., Mingguo, Z., Carswell, D. A., Wilson, R. N., Qingchen, W., Zhongyan, Z., & Windley, B. F. (1995). Petrogenesis of ultrahigh-pressure rocks and their country rocks at Shuanghe in Dabieshan, central China. European Journal of Mineralogy, 7(1), 119-138.

Sassi, R., Harte, B., Carswell, D. A., & Yujing, H. (2000). Trace element distribution in Central Dabie eclogites. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 139(3), 298-315.

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Ferro-taramite from Shuanghe, Qianshan City, Anqing, Anhui, China

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Shuanghe, Qianshan City, Anqing, Anhui, China