An endmember (also end-member or end member) in mineralogy is a mineral that is at the extreme end of a mineral series in terms of purity of its chemical...

Anorthite (an = not, ortho = straight) is the calcium endmember of the plagioclase feldspar mineral series. The chemical formula of pure anorthite is...

sodium endmember of the plagioclase solid solution series. It represents a plagioclase with less than 10% anorthite content. The pure albite endmember has...

Orthoclase, or orthoclase feldspar (endmember formula KAlSi3O8), is an important tectosilicate mineral which forms igneous rock. The name is from the...

Fe1−xS (where x = 0 to 0.2) (monoclinic or hexagonal) Troilite, FeS, the endmember of pyrrhotite (hexagonal) Mackinawite, Fe1+xS (where x = 0 to 0.1) (tetragonal)...

minerals in the feldspar group, and containing potassium: Orthoclase (endmember formula KAlSi3O8), an important tectosilicate mineral that forms igneous...

Ferberite is the iron endmember of the manganese–iron wolframite solid solution series. The manganese endmember is hübnerite. Ferberite is a black monoclinic...

expressed in terms of three endmembers: potassium feldspar (K-spar) endmember KAlSi3O8 albite endmember NaAlSi3O8 anorthite endmember CaAl2Si2O8 Solid solutions...

Mg)3Al2Si8O22(OH)2). Glaucophane is the magnesium-rich endmember and ferroglaucophane is the iron-rich endmember. Ferroglaucophane is similar to glaucophane but...

commonly found in granulite facies’ metamorphic regions, sensu stricto as an endmember of the charnockite series. The charnockite suite or series is a particularly...

most common species of tourmaline is schorl, the sodium iron (divalent) endmember of the group. It may account for 95% or more of all tourmaline in nature...

and violet to dark red. Purpurite forms a series with the iron-bearing endmember heterosite, FePO4. Manganese violet Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved...

varies between the two endmembers of the solid solution series: forsterite (Mg-endmember: Mg 2SiO 4) and fayalite (Fe-endmember: Fe 2SiO 4). Compositions...

primarily a solid-solution series between the iron-endmember annite, and the magnesium-endmember phlogopite; more aluminous end-members include siderophyllite...

series from the pure magnesium endmember to the pure iron endmember[citation needed]. The latter, the iron-rich endmember of the γ-olivine solid solution...

varies between the two endmembers of the solid solution series: forsterite (Mg-endmember: Mg2SiO4) and fayalite (Fe-endmember: Fe2SiO4) but the ratio...

series with the magnesium olivine endmember forsterite (Mg2SiO4) and also with the manganese rich olivine endmember tephroite (Mn2SiO4). Iron rich olivine...

amphibole group of minerals with formula Fe7Si8O22(OH)2. It is the iron endmember of the grunerite-cummingtonite series. It forms as fibrous, columnar or...

most magnesic and trioctahedral endmember, to palygorskite, the least magnesic, most Al- Fe- bearing, dioctahedral endmember. Originally named meerschaum...

diagnostic. Amblygonite forms a series with montebrasite, the low fluorine endmember. Geologic occurrence is in granite pegmatites, high-temperature tin veins...

7Si 8O 22(OH) 2 for magnesiocummingtonite to the iron rich grunerite endmember Fe 7Si 8O 22(OH) 2. Cummingtonite is used to describe minerals of this...

4S 13. It is the antimony endmember of the continuous solid solution series with arsenic-bearing tennantite. Pure endmembers of the series are seldom if...

Beta-decay of 36Cl. 40Ar is a product of radiogenic decay of 40K. Different endmembers values for 40Ar/36Ar have been reported; Air = 295.5, MORB = 40,000, and...

phyllosilicates. It is also known as magnesium mica. Phlogopite is the magnesium endmember of the biotite solid solution series, with the chemical formula KMg3AlSi3O10(F...

Tephroite is the manganese endmember of the olivine group of nesosilicate minerals with the formula Mn2SiO4. A solid solution series exists between tephroite...

silicate mineral with a chemical formula of Na4Al3Si9O24Cl if a pure endmember or Na4(AlSi3O8)3(Cl2,CO3,SO4) with increasing meionite content. Marialite...

with the chemical formula (Mg,Fe2+)Al2(PO4)2(OH)2. Lazulite forms one endmember of a solid solution series with the darker, iron-rich scorzalite. Lazulite...

the University of Leeds in England. Synthetic knorringite has the pure endmember formula Mg3Cr2(SiO4)3. As knorringite is a member of the knorringite–pyrope...

Enstatite is a mineral; the magnesium endmember of the pyroxene silicate mineral series enstatite (MgSiO3) – ferrosilite (FeSiO3). The magnesium rich...

manganese tungsten oxide (chemical formula MnWO4). It is the manganese endmember of the manganese–iron wolframite solid solution series. It forms reddish...