Nomenclature of Amphiboles; Report of the Subcommittee on Amphiboles of the International Mineralogical Association Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names

E. Leake, Bernard; R. Woolley, Alan; Arps, C.E.S.; D. Birch, W.; Charles Gilbert, M.; D. Grice, Joel; C. Hawthorne, F.; Kato, Akiko; J. Kisch, Hanan; Г. Кривовичев, В.; Linthout, K.; Laird, Jo; A. Mandarino, J.; V. Maresch, Walter; Nickel, Erwin; M. S. Rock, N.; C. Schumacher, John; C. Smith, David; C. N. Stephenson, N.; Ungaretti, Luciano; J. W. Whittaker, E.; Youzhi, G.

doi:10.1180/minmag.1997.061.405.13

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Nomenclature of Amphiboles; Report of the Subcommittee on Amphiboles of the International Mineralogical Association Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names

Published in Mineralogical Magazine • Apr 1, 1997

Authors:

Bernard E. Leake

Alan R. Woolley

C.E.S. Arps

Abstract

Abstract The International Mineralogical Association's approved amphibole nomenclature has been revised in order to simplify it, make it more consistent with divisions generally at 50%, define prefixes and modifiers more precisely and include new amphibole species discovered and named since 1978, wh...

Subject

Amphibole

Actinolite

Glaucophane

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