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Home > Courses > Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences > Structure of Earth Materials > Image Gallery > Image Gallery: Lab 3

Image Gallery: Lab 3

Single Chain Ino-Silicates (Pyroxenes)

  • (Clinopyroxene)
    Spodumene:
    LiAlSi2O6.
  • (Orthopyroxene)
    Enstatite:
    Mg2Si2O6.
  • (Clinopyroxene)
    Diopside.
  • (Clinopyroxene)
    Diopside.
  • (Pyroxenoid)
    Wollastonite:
    Ca3Si3O9.
  • (Pyroxenoid)
    Wollastonite:
    Ca3Si3O10.
  • (Pyroxenoid)
    Rhodonite:
    Mn5Si5O15.
  • (Pyroxenoid)
    Rhodonite:
    Mn5Si5O16.
 

Double Chain Ino-Silicates (Amphiboles)

  • Hornblende:
    (Na,Ca)2(Mg,Fe,Al)5
    (Al,Si)8O22(OH)2.
  • Anthophyllite:
    (Mg,Fe)7Si8O22(OH)2.
  • Tremolite:
    Ca2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2.
  • Tremolite:
    Ca2Mg5Si8O22(OH)3.
  • Actinolite:
    Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2.
 

Phyllosilicates

  • Serpentine:
    Mg3Si2O5(OH)4.
  • Serpentine:
    Mg3Si2O5(OH)5.
  • Serpentine:
    Mg3Si2O5(OH)6.
  • Muscovite:
    KAl2AlSi3O10(OH)2.
  • Muscovite:
    KAl2AlSi3O10(OH)3.
  • Biotite:
    K(Mg,Fe)3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2.
  • Biotite:
    K(Mg,Fe)3(AlSi3O10)(OH)3.
  • Lepidolite:
    K(Li,Al)2-3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2.
  • Talc:
    Mg3Si4O10(OH)2.
 

Tectosilicates

  • Quartz:
    SiO2.
  • Quartz:
    SiO2.
  • Quartz:
    SiO2.
  • (Plagioclase Feldspar)
    Albite:
    NaAlSi3O8.
  • (Plagioclase Feldspar)
    Anorthite:
    CaAl2Si2O8.
  • K-Feldspar:
    KAlSi3O8.
  • K-Feldspar:
    KAlSi3O9.
  • K-Feldspar:
    KAlSi3O10.
  • (Feldspathoid)
    Leucite:
    KAlSi2O6.
  • (Feldspathoid)
    Sodalite:
    Na8(AlSiO4)6Cl2
    and (Feldspathoid)
    Nepheline:
    (Na,K)AlSiO4.
 
 
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