AMPHIBOLE GROUP*

MINERAL GROUPS guide

 

actinolite Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2
alumino-ferrotschermakite Ca2Fe3Al2Si6Al2O22(OH)2
aluminotschermakite Ca2Mg3Al2Si6Al2O22(OH)2
anthophyllite Mg7Si8O22(OH)2
arfvedsonite NaNa2Fe4FeSi8O22(OH)2
barroisite CaNaMg3AlFeSi7AlO22(OH)2
clinoferroholmquistite Li2Fe3Al2Si8O22(OH)2
clinoholmquistite Li2Mg3Al2Si8O22(OH)2
crossite glaucophane, ferroglaucophane, magnesioriebeckite, or riebeckite
cummingtonite Mg7Si8O22(OH)2
dannemorite manganogrunerite
eckermannite NaNa2Mg4AlSi8O22(OH)2
edenite NaCa2Mg5Si7AlO22(OH)2
ferri-clinoholmquistite Li2Mg3Fe2Si8O22(OH)2
ferri-ferrotschermakite Ca2Fe3Fe2Si6Al2O22(OH)2
ferro-actinolite Ca2Fe5Si8O22(OH)2
ferro-anthophyllite Fe7Si8O22(OH)2
ferrobarroisite CaNaFe3AlFeSi7AlO22(OH)2
ferro-eckermannite NaNa2Fe4AlSi8O22(OH)2
ferro-edenite NaCa2Fe5Si7AlO22(OH)2
ferrogedrite Fe5Al2Si6Al2O22(OH)2
ferroglaucophane Na2Fe3Al2Si8O22(OH)2
ferroholmquistite Li2Fe3Al2Si8O22(OH)2
ferrohornblende Ca2Fe4(Al,Fe)Si7AlO22(OH)2
ferrokaersutite NaCa2Fe4TiSi6Al2O23OH
ferropargasite NaCa2Fe4AlSi6Al2O22(OH)2
ferrorichterite Na2CaFe5Si8O22(OH)2
ferrotschermakite Ca2Fe3AlFeSi6Al2O22(OH)2
ferrowinchite NaCaFe4(Al,Fe)Si8O22(OH)2
fluorocannilloite CaCa2Mg4AlSi5Al3O22F2
fluoro-ferroleakeite NaNa2LiFe2Fe2Si8O22F2
fluororichterite Na2CaMg5Si8O22F2
gedrite Mg5Al2Si6Al2O22(OH)2
glaucophane Na2Mg3Al2Si8O22(OH)2
grunerite Fe7Si8O22(OH)2
hastingsite NaCa2Fe4FeSi6Al2O22(OH)2
holmquistite Li2Mg3Al2Si8O22(OH)2
hornblende ferrohornblende, magnesiohornblende
kaersutite NaCa2Mg4TiSi6Al2O23OH
katophorite Na2CaFe4(Al,Fe)Si7AlO22(OH)2
kornite (Na,K)Na2Mg2Mn2LiSi8O22(OH)2
kozulite NaNa2Mn4(Fe,Al)Si8O22(OH)2
leakeite NaNa2LiMg2Fe2Si8O22(OH)2
magnesio-alumino-katophorite magnesiokatophorite
magnesio-anthophyllite anthophyllite
magnesio-arfvedsonite NaNa2Mg4FeSi8O22(OH)2
magnesioclinoholmquistite clinoholmquistite
magnesiocummingtonite cummingtonite
magnesio-ferri-katophorite magnesiokatophorite
magnesiohastingsite NaCa2Mg4FeSi6Al2O22(OH)2
magnesiohornblende Ca2Mg4(Al,Fe)Si7AlO22(OH)2
magnesiokatophorite Na2CaMg4(Al,Fe)Si7AlO22(OH)2
magnesioriebeckite Na2Mg3Fe2Si8O22(OH)2
magnesiosadanagaite NaCa2Mg3(Al,Fe)2Si5Al3O22(OH)2
magnesiotaramite Na2CaMg3AlFeSi6Al2O22(OH)2
manganocummingtonite Mn2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2
manganogrunerite Mn2Fe5Si8O22(OH)2
nyboite NaNa2Mg3Al2Si7AlO22(OH)2
pargasite NaCa2Mg4AlSi6Al2O22(OH)2
potassic-fluororichterite (K,Na)CaNaMg5Si8O22F2
potassic-magnesiosadanagaite (K,Na)Ca2Mg3(Al,Fe)2Si5Al3O22(OH)2
potassicpargasite (K,Na)Ca2Mg4AlSi6Al2O22(OH)2
potassicsadanagaite (K,Na)Ca2Fe3(Al,Fe)2Si5Al3O22(OH)2
richterite Na2CaMg5Si8O22(OH)2
riebeckite Na2Fe3Fe2Si8O22(OH)2
sodicanthophyllite NaMg7Si7AlO22(OH)2
sodic-ferro-anthophyllite NaFe7Si7AlO22(OH)2
sodic-ferrogedrite NaFe6AlSi6Al2O22(OH)2
sodic-gedrite NaMg6AlSi6Al2O22(OH)2
taramite Na2CaFe3AlFeSi6Al2O22(OH)2
tirodite manganocummingtonite
tremolite Ca2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2
tschermakite Ca2Mg3AlFeSi6Al2O22(OH)2
ungarettiite NaNa2Mn2Mn3Si8O24
winchite CaNaMg4(Al,Fe)Si8O22(OH)2


*compositions of amphibole group minerals used on this CD taken in part from Canadian Mineralogist 35 219 (1997) and Mineralogical Record 29 169 (1998).