Ferro Hornblende
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Ferro hornblende. Ferro hornblende rruff references and pdf downloads search for. Ferro hornblende webmineral search for ferro hornblende handbook of mineralogy search for. è associata all hedenbergite nel granito alla biotite all epidoto all albite ed al quarzo nell anfibolite. Ferro hornblende mineral data information about ferro hornblende its properties and worldwide locations.
La ferro hornblende si trova nei graniti nelle granodioriti nei metabasalti è comune nelle anfiboliti e negli scisti. Ferro ferri hornblende is an amphibole supergroup mineral with the formula ca 2 fe 2 4 fe 3 si 7 al o 22 oh 2 it contains essential vacancy. As reaction rims on ferroan hedenbergite. 2016 from a rock specimen catalogued as speziaite from the historical collection of leandro de magistris which was.
Hornblende is frequently also used to describe any dark opaque amphibole mineral without individual analysis the individual hornblende minerals appear very similar and can be virtually indistinguishable without complex analysis. A generalized composition for the hornblende group is shown below. It is the most abundant mineral in a rock known as amphibolite which has numerous uses. These minerals vary in chemical composition but are all double chain inosilicates with very similar physical properties.
It was discovered in the traversella mine canavese torino piedmont italy. From granites granodiorites and metabasalts. Hornblende is a complex inosilicate series of minerals ferrohornblende magnesiohornblende. Ferro hornblende rruff raman xrd and other mineral data search for.
Hornblende is a field and classroom name used for a group of dark colored amphibole minerals found in many types of igneous and metamorphic rocks. Instead of breaking in broad single cleavage planes like the micas the cleavage surface of an amphibole mineral tends to display a large number of small offset planes that help give the mineral a splintery appearance. A calcium iron magnesium silicate an aluminium iron magnesium silicate and an iron magnesium silicate. Hornblende is an isomorphous mixture of three molecules.
Hornblende is black and like all amphibole minerals is characterized by two perfect cleavages that intersect at about 60 or 120. It is not a recognized mineral in its own right but the name is used as a general or field term to refer to a dark amphibole. As the type material exhibit intergrowths of ferro ferri hornblende and hastingsite and magnesio hastingsite speziaite should not be considered a synonym of ferri ferro hornblende. The type was defined by oberti et al.
La ferro hornblende si rinviene sotto forma di cristalli prismatici lunghi fino a 10 cm nei pirosseni compare sotto forma di anelli.