Andradite-Uvarovite Series

A solid-solution series between two end-member minerals

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Andradite

Jeffrey Mine, Val-des-Sources, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada

Andradite, etc.

Serifos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece

Demantoid, etc.

Sferlùn asbestos mine, Vallone del Cengiaccio, Lanzada, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy

Andradite

Jeffrey Mine, Val-des-Sources, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada

Andradite, etc.

Serifos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece

Demantoid, etc.

Sferlùn asbestos mine, Vallone del Cengiaccio, Lanzada, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy

Andradite

Jeffrey Mine, Val-des-Sources, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada

Andradite, etc.

Serifos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece

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About Andradite-Uvarovite SeriesHide

Series Formula:

Ca₃Fe₂³⁺(SiO₄)₃ to Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃

A series between Andradite and Uvarovite

A solid-solution series between andradite and uvarovite

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

42887

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:42887:7

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992c6e98-81c9-4f4d-aaa5-6eb3ae17209e

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ID	Species	Reference	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
0000246	Andradite	Novak G A, Gibbs G V (1971) The crystal chemistry of the silicate garnets sample An American Mineralogist 56 791-823	1971	Valmalen, Italy	0	293
0001207	Andradite	Hazen R M, Finger L W (1989) High-pressure crystal chemistry of andradite and pyrope: Revised procedures for high-pressure diffraction experiments sample in air American Mineralogist 74 352-359	1989		0	293
0001208	Andradite	Hazen R M, Finger L W (1989) High-pressure crystal chemistry of andradite and pyrope: Revised procedures for high-pressure diffraction experiments American Mineralogist 74 352-359	1989		2	293
0001209	Andradite	Hazen R M, Finger L W (1989) High-pressure crystal chemistry of andradite and pyrope: Revised procedures for high-pressure diffraction experiments American Mineralogist 74 352-359	1989		3	293
0001210	Andradite	Hazen R M, Finger L W (1989) High-pressure crystal chemistry of andradite and pyrope: Revised procedures for high-pressure diffraction experiments American Mineralogist 74 352-359	1989		5	293
0001211	Andradite	Hazen R M, Finger L W (1989) High-pressure crystal chemistry of andradite and pyrope: Revised procedures for high-pressure diffraction experiments American Mineralogist 74 352-359	1989		12.5	293
0001212	Andradite	Hazen R M, Finger L W (1989) High-pressure crystal chemistry of andradite and pyrope: Revised procedures for high-pressure diffraction experiments American Mineralogist 74 352-359	1989		19	293
0001252	Andradite	Lager G A, Armbruster T, Rotella F J, Rossman G R (1989) OH substitution in garnets: X-ray and neutron diffraction, infrared, and geometric-modeling studies sample SB-1 American Mineralogist 74 840-851	1989		0	293
0001253	Andradite	Lager G A, Armbruster T, Rotella F J, Rossman G R (1989) OH substitution in garnets: X-ray and neutron diffraction, infrared, and geometric-modeling studies sample SB-2 American Mineralogist 74 840-851	1989		0	293
0001254	Andradite	Lager G A, Armbruster T, Rotella F J, Rossman G R (1989) OH substitution in garnets: X-ray and neutron diffraction, infrared, and geometric-modeling studies sample SB-3 American Mineralogist 74 840-851	1989		0	293
0001281	Andradite	Kingma K J, Downs J W (1989) Crystal-structure analysis of a birefringent andradite American Mineralogist 74 1307-1316	1989		0	293
0003948	Andradite	Galuskina I O, Galuskin E V, Dzierzanowski P, Armbruster T, Kozanecki M (2005) A natural scandian garnet American Mineralogist 90 1688-1692	2005		0	293
0006469	Andradite	Armbruster T, Geiger C A (1993) Andradite crystal chemistry, dynamic X-site disorder and structural strain in silicate garnets European Journal of Mineralogy 5 59-71	1993		0	293
0006470	Andradite	Armbruster T, Geiger C A (1993) Andradite crystal chemistry, dynamic X-site disorder and structural strain in silicate garnets European Journal of Mineralogy 5 59-71	1993		0	293
0006471	Andradite	Armbruster T, Geiger C A (1993) Andradite crystal chemistry, dynamic X-site disorder and structural strain in silicate garnets European Journal of Mineralogy 5 59-71	1993		0	293
0006472	Andradite	Armbruster T, Geiger C A (1993) Andradite crystal chemistry, dynamic X-site disorder and structural strain in silicate garnets European Journal of Mineralogy 5 59-71	1993		0	293
0006473	Andradite	Armbruster T, Geiger C A (1993) Andradite crystal chemistry, dynamic X-site disorder and structural strain in silicate garnets European Journal of Mineralogy 5 59-71	1993		0	293
0006606	Andradite	Armbruster T (1995) Structure refinement of hydrous andradite, Ca3Fe1.54Mn0.02Al0.26(SiO4)1.65(O4H4)1.35, from the Wessels mine, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa European Journal of Mineralogy 7 1221-1225	1995	Wessels mine, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa	0	293
0006754	Andradite	Armbruster T, Birrer J, Libowitzky E, Beran A (1998) Crystal chemistry of Ti-bearing andradites European Journal of Mineralogy 10 907-921	1998	Baden-Wurtemburg, Germany	0	293
0006755	Andradite	Armbruster T, Birrer J, Libowitzky E, Beran A (1998) Crystal chemistry of Ti-bearing andradites European Journal of Mineralogy 10 907-921	1998	Baden-Wurtemburg, Germany	0	293
0006756	Andradite	Armbruster T, Birrer J, Libowitzky E, Beran A (1998) Crystal chemistry of Ti-bearing andradites European Journal of Mineralogy 10 907-921	1998	N'Zala, Atlas mountains, Morocco	0	293
0006757	Andradite	Armbruster T, Birrer J, Libowitzky E, Beran A (1998) Crystal chemistry of Ti-bearing andradites European Journal of Mineralogy 10 907-921	1998	Zermatt, Valais, Switzerland	0	293
0006758	Andradite	Armbruster T, Birrer J, Libowitzky E, Beran A (1998) Crystal chemistry of Ti-bearing andradites European Journal of Mineralogy 10 907-921	1998	Schaffhausen area, Switzerland	0	293
0006759	Andradite	Armbruster T, Birrer J, Libowitzky E, Beran A (1998) Crystal chemistry of Ti-bearing andradites European Journal of Mineralogy 10 907-921	1998	Okahandja, Namibia	0	293
0006944	Andradite	Agrosi G, Schingaro E, Pedrazzi G, Scandale E, Scordari F (2002) A crystal chemical insight into sector zoning of a titanian andradite ('melanite') crystal European Journal of Mineralogy 14 785-794	2002		0	293
0006945	Andradite	Agrosi G, Schingaro E, Pedrazzi G, Scandale E, Scordari F (2002) A crystal chemical insight into sector zoning of a titanian andradite ('melanite') crystal European Journal of Mineralogy 14 785-794	2002		0	293
0006946	Andradite	Agrosi G, Schingaro E, Pedrazzi G, Scandale E, Scordari F (2002) A crystal chemical insight into sector zoning of a titanian andradite ('melanite') crystal European Journal of Mineralogy 14 785-794	2002		0	293
0007860	Andradite	Woodland A B, Ross C R (1994) A crystallographic and Mossbauer spectroscopy study of Fe3Al2Si3O12-Fe3Fe2Si3O12, (Almandine-"Skiagite") and Ca3Fe2Si3O12-Fe3Fe2Si3O12 (Andradite-"Skiagite") garnet solid solutions Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 21 117-132	1994		0	293
0007864	Andradite	Woodland A B, Ross C R (1994) A crystallographic and Mossbauer spectroscopy study of Fe3Al2Si3O12-Fe3Fe2Si3O12, (Almandine-"Skiagite") and Ca3Fe2Si3O12-Fe3Fe2Si3O12 (Andradite-"Skiagite") garnet solid solutions Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 21 117-132	1994		0	293
0007865	Andradite	Woodland A B, Ross C R (1994) A crystallographic and Mossbauer spectroscopy study of Fe3Al2Si3O12-Fe3Fe2Si3O12, (Almandine-"Skiagite") and Ca3Fe2Si3O12-Fe3Fe2Si3O12 (Andradite-"Skiagite") garnet solid solutions Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 21 117-132	1994		0	293
0009894	Andradite	Pilati T, Demartin F, Gramaccioli C M (1996) Atomic displacement parameters for garnets: A lattice-dynamical evaluation Acta Crystallographica B52 239-250	1996	Val Malenco, Italy	0	293
0000244	Uvarovite	Novak G A, Gibbs G V (1971) The crystal chemistry of the silicate garnets sample Uv American Mineralogist 56 791-823	1971	Washington, Nevada Co, California, USA	0	293
0002723	Uvarovite	Wildner M, Andrut M (2001) The crystal chemistry of birefringent natural uvarovites: Part II. Single-crystal X-ray structures American Mineralogist 86 1231-1251	2001		0	293
0002724	Uvarovite	Wildner M, Andrut M (2001) The crystal chemistry of birefringent natural uvarovites: Part II. Single-crystal X-ray structures American Mineralogist 86 1231-1251	2001		0	293
0002725	Uvarovite	Wildner M, Andrut M (2001) The crystal chemistry of birefringent natural uvarovites: Part II. Single-crystal X-ray structures American Mineralogist 86 1231-1251	2001		0	293
0008734	Uvarovite	Andrut M, Wildner M (2002) The crystal chemistry of birefringent natural uvarovites. Part III. Application of the superposition model of crystal fields with a characterization of synthetic cubic uvarovite Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 29 595-608	2002		0	293

CIF Raw Data - click here to close

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Fe   0.00000   0.00000   0.00000
Ca   0.12500   0.00000   0.25000
O   0.03986   0.04885   0.65555
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Ca 0.05082 0.00678 0.00678 0.00000 0.00000 0.00037
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Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:

2 photos of Andradite-Uvarovite Series associated with Andradite	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃
2 photos of Andradite-Uvarovite Series associated with Diopside	CaMgSi₂O₆
2 photos of Andradite-Uvarovite Series associated with Prehnite	Ca₂Al₂Si₃O₁₀(OH)₂
1 photo of Andradite-Uvarovite Series associated with Calcite	CaCO₃