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    Epidote is a calcium aluminium iron sorosilicate mineral. Well developed crystals of epidote, Ca2Al2(Fe3+;Al)(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH), crystallizing in the monoclinic...
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    Epidotes are a group of sorosilicate minerals that are common in igneous and metamorphic rocks. Clinozoisite, (CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) Epidote...
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    Zoisite (category Minerals in space group 62)
    locality, is a calcium aluminum hydroxy sorosilicate belonging to the epidote group of minerals. Its chemical formula is Ca2Al3(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH). Zoisite...
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    Mn)3Al2(BO3)(Si4O12)(OH) Ilvaite – CaFeII2FeIIIO(Si2O7)(OH) Epidote group (has both (SiO4)4− and (Si2O7)6− groups} Epidote – Ca2(Al,Fe)3O(SiO4)(Si2O7)(OH) Zoisite –...
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  • Dolomite group Epidote group Feldspar group Feldspathoid Garnet group Hematite group Humite group Ilmenite group Langbeinites Mica group Pyroxene group Rutile...
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    Allanite (category Epidote group)
    Allanite (also called orthite) is a sorosilicate group of minerals within the broader epidote group that contain a significant amount of rare-earth elements...
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    Tanzanite (category Epidote group)
    caused by small amounts of vanadium. Tanzanite belongs to the epidote mineral group. Tanzanite is only found in Simanjiro District of Manyara Region...
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  • Bagrationite (category Epidote group)
    Bagrationite is a variety of allanite, discovered by Georgian Prince Peter Bagrationi in 1847 and named in his honour. The System of Mineralogy of James...
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    Piemontite (category Epidote group)
    formula Ca2(Al,Mn3+,Fe3+)3(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH). It is a member of the epidote group. Red to reddish-brown or red-black in color, piemontite has a red streak...
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    structural element is the [Si2O7]6− group. The most common disilicates by far are members of the epidote group. Epidotes are found in variety of geologic...
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    Clinozoisite (category Epidote group)
    solid solution series with epidote by substitution of iron(III) in the aluminium (m3 site) and is also called aluminium epidote. Clinothulite is a manganese...
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    Dollaseite-(Ce) (category Epidote group)
    Dollaseite-(Ce), although not very well known, is part of a broad epidote group of minerals which are primarily silicates, the most abundant type of...
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    sericite, and garnet, and is also found in associate with actinolite and epidote. In his pioneering work on metamorphic facies in the Scottish Highlands...
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  • convert into the epidote group minerals. Chloritization is the alteration of pyroxene or amphibole minerals into the chlorite group minerals. Chloritization...
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    Lawsonite (category Minerals in space group 63)
    epidote-group minerals are other common minerals in blueschist. Blueschists that form from basaltic parent rocks contain either lawsonite or epidote....
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    Menchetti S, Pan Y, Pasero M (2006). "Recommended nomenclature of epidote-group minerals". European Journal of Mineralogy. 18 (5): 551–567. Bibcode:2006EJMin...
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  • Carboirite-VIII Fe2+(Al,Ge)2O[(Ge,Si)O4](OH)2 Epidote supergroup, {A2}{M3}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) Epidote group Clinozoisite Ca2Al3(SiO4)3(OH)=Ca2AlAl2(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH)...
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    have an abundance of green minerals such as chlorite, serpentine, and epidote, and platy minerals such as muscovite and platy serpentine. The platiness...
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    admixture of sand or clay lime-bearing silicates are formed, such as diopside, epidote, garnet, sphene, vesuvianite and scapolite; with these phlogopite, various...
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    the ISAF, Opération Héraklès for the naval and air components Opération Épidote for training of the Afghan Army Opération Arès for special operations within...
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    Omphacite (category Minerals in space group 13)
    and lawsonite. Minerals such as glaucophane, lawsonite, titanite, and epidote occur with omphacite in blueschist facies metamorphic rocks. The name "jade"...
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    Saint-Marcel, Valle d'Aosta, Italy Amphibole epidote schist with slickensides from Benguet, Philippines, showing epidote lens In geotechnical engineering a schistosity...
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  • Emerald Trapiche emerald (var.) Enstatite Bronzite Hypersthene Eosphorite Epidote Piemontite Erythrite Esperite Ettringite Euclase Eudialyte Euxenite Fayalite...
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  • Elkinstantonite Emmonsite Empressite Enargite Enstatite Eosphorite Ephesite Epidote Epsomite Ericssonite Erionite (series of zeolites) Erythrite Eskolaite...
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    Andradite (category Garnet group)
    (typically titaniferous). Associated minerals include vesuvianite, chlorite, epidote, spinel, calcite, dolomite and magnetite. It is found in Iran, Italy, the...
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    Wollastonite (category Minerals in space group 2)
    Associated minerals include garnets, vesuvianite, diopside, tremolite, epidote, plagioclase feldspar, pyroxene and calcite. It is named after the English...
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    Prehnite (category Minerals in space group 28)
    found associated with minerals such as datolite, calcite, apophyllite, epidote, stilbite, laumontite, and heulandite in veins and cavities of basaltic...
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  • quartzite fragments and traces of red mudstone, along with late-stage epidote and quartz veining. Well-consolidated units exhibit distinguishable fiamme...
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    containing grossular-andradite garnet, calcic pyroxene, vesuvianite, epidote and scapolite. Fenite, as a variant of metasomatism associated with strongly...
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    limestone with intrusive masses. The minerals that accompany them are calcite, epidote, vesuvianite, garnet, wollastonite, diopside and amphibole. The scapolites...
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