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Sorosilicate mineral
Epidotes are a group of
sorosilicate
minerals that are common in
igneous and
metamorphic rocks .
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Epidote member species
Clinozoisite , (CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2 O7 ][SiO4 ](OH)
Epidote , (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+ )O[Si2 O7 ][SiO4 ](OH)
Epidote-(Sr) , (CaSr)(AlAlFe3+ )O[Si2 O7 ][SiO4 ](OH)
Hancockite , (CaPb)(AlAlFe3+ )O[Si2 O7 ][SiO4 ](OH)
Heflikite , (CaCa)(AlAlSc)O[Si2 O7 ][SiO4 ](OH)
Mukhinite , (CaCa)(AlAlV3+ )O[Si2 O7 ][SiO4 ](OH)
Niigataite , (CaSr)(AlAlAl)O[Si2 O7 ][SiO4 ](OH)
Piemontite , (CaCa)(AlAlMn3+ )O[Si2 O7 ][SiO4 ](OH)
Piemontite-(Pb) , (CaPb)(AlAlMn3+ )O[Si2 O7 ][SiO4 ](OH)
Piemontite-(Sr) , (CaSr)(AlAlMn3+ )O[Si2 O7 ][SiO4 ](OH)
Tweddillite , (CaSr)(Mn3+ AlMn3+ )O[Si2 O7 ][SiO4 ](OH)
References
^ Armbruster, T.; Bonazzi, P.; Akasaka, M.; Bermanec, V.; Chopin, C.; Gieré, R.; Heuss-Assbichler, S.; Liebscher, A.; Menchetti, S.; Pan, Y.; Pasero, M. (2006).
"Recommended nomenclature of epidote-group minerals" . European Journal of Mineralogy . 18 (5): 551−567.
Bibcode :
2006EJMin..18..551A .
doi :
10.1127/0935-1221/2006/0018-0551 .
^ Kartashov, P. M. (2014). "Classification diagram for REE-bearing members of the epidote group based on crystallochemical data". Proceedings of the Workshop on Acessory Minerals : 25−26.
^ Warr, L.N. (2021).
"IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols" . Mineralogical Magazine . 85 (3): 291–320.
Bibcode :
2021MinM...85..291W .
doi :
10.1180/mgm.2021.43 .
S2CID
235729616 .