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Endmember (mineralogy) — An endmember in mineralogy is a mineral that is at the extreme end of a mineral series in terms of purity. Minerals often can be described as solid solutions with varying compositions of some chemical elements, rather than as substances with an… … Wikipedia
Garnet — For other uses, see Garnet (disambiguation). Garnet General Category Nesosilicate Chemical … Wikipedia
Feldspar — is the name of a group of rock forming minerals which make up as much as 60% of the Earth s crust.Feldspar. [http://www.ima na.org/about industrial minerals/feldspar.asp What is Feldspar?] Industrial Minerals Association. Retrieved on July 18… … Wikipedia
Orthoclase — General Category Silicate mineral Chemical formula KAlSi3O8 … Wikipedia
Anorthite — Infobox mineral name = Anorthite category = Feldspar mineral boxwidth = boxbgcolor = imagesize = caption = Anorthite from Japan formula = CaAl2Si2O8 molweight = color = White, grayish, reddish habit = Anhedral to subhedral granular system =… … Wikipedia
Serpentinite — is a rock composed of one or more serpentine minerals. Minerals in this group are formed by serpentinization, a hydration and metamorphic transformation of ultramafic rock from the Earth s mantle. The alteration is particularly important at the… … Wikipedia
Biotite — is a common phyllosilicate mineral within the mica group, with the approximate chemical formula K(Mg, Fe)3AlSi3O10(F, OH)2. More generally, it refers to the dark mica series, primarily a solid solution series between the iron endmember annite,… … Wikipedia
Tourmaline — Schorl Tourmaline General Category Cyclosilicate Chemical formula (Ca,K,Na,[ … Wikipedia
Olivine — For the river in New Zealand, see Olivine River. Olivine General Category Mineral Group Ch … Wikipedia
Jadeite — This article is about the mineral. For other uses, see Jadeite (disambiguation). Jadeite Jadeite General Category … Wikipedia
