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SOROSILICATES

The epidote group

ALLANITE-(Ce)

CLINOZOISITE

EPIDOTE

HANCOCKITE

PIEMONTITE


Other sorosilicates

BARYLITE

BARYSILITE

CUSPIDINE

FERROAXINITE

GANOMALITE

HARDYSTONITE

HEMIMORPHITE

JUNITOITE

KENTROLITE

MANGANAXINITE

NASONITE

PUMPELLYITE-(Mg)

SAMFOWLERITE

THORTVEITITE

VESUVIANITE


CYCLOSILICATES

The tourmaline group

DRAVITE

SCHORL

UVITE

 

CLINOZOISITE

Ca2Al3(Si2O7)(SiO4)(O,OH)2 
Monoclinic

Clinozoisite, a calcium aluminum silicate hydroxide mineral of the epidote group, is largely unstudied. It was reported from Franklin by Palache (1928a), but that material was later shown by Bauer and Berman (1930) to be chlorophoenicite. It was subsequently found in 1981 on the 1400 level in the Sterling Mine occurring as a green massive mineral, associated with amphibole, titanite, calcite, diopside, and a possible hydromica. Later that year it was again encountered at Sterling Hill, in the 935 stope, on the 500 level, as a pale violet mixture of clinozoisite and plagioclase, associated with diopside and calcite. There are no detailed studies of these occurrences.

 

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CHAPTER 16. SOROSILICATES AND CYCLOSILICATES