ABSTRACT

'Hurray for Mackenzie and Guilford for at last we have a pictorial guide to the rock-forming minerals! . . . such feasts of colour in mineralogy books are rare . . . an admirable guide'
New Scientist


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Olivine

Mg2SiO4–Fe2SiO4

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Monticellite

CaMgSiO4

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Chondrodite

Mg(OH, F)2.2Mg2SiO4

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Zircon

ZrSiO4

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Sphene

CaTiSiO4(O, OH, F)

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Garnet

(Mg, Fe, Mn)3Al2Si3O12 almandine group Ca3(Al, Fe, Ti, Cr)2Si3O12 andradite group

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Vesuvianite (Idocrase)

Ca10(Mg, Fe)2Al4Si9O34(OH, F)4

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Sillimanite

Al2SiO5

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Mullite

Al6Si2O13

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Andalusite

Al2SiO5

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Kyanite

Al2SiO5

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Topaz

Al2SiO4(OH, F)2

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Staurolite

(Fe, Mg)2(Al, Fe)9Si4O22(O, OH)2

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Chloritoid

(Fe, Mg)2Al4Si2O10(OH)4

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Sapphirine

(Mg,.Fe)2Al4SiO10

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Eudialyte

(Na, Fe, Ca)6ZrSi6O18(OH, Cl)

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Zoisite

Ca2Al3Si3O12(OH)

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Epidote

Ca2Fe3+Al2Si3O12(OH)

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Piemontite

Ca2(Mn, Fe, Al)2AlSi3O12(OH)

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Allanite (Orthite)

(Ca, Ce)2FeAl2Si3O12(OH)

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Lawsonite

CaAl2Si2O7(OH)2·H2O

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Pumpellyite

Ca4(Mg, Fe)Al5Si6O23(OH)3·2H2O

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Melilite

Ca2Al2SiO7–Ca2MgSi2O7

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Cordierite

(Mg, Fe)2Al4Si5O18

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Tourmaline

Na(Mg, Fe)3Al6B3Si6O27(OH, F)4

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Axinite

(Ca, Fe)3Al2BSi4O15·OH

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Orthopyroxene

(Mg, Fe)SiO3

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Augite

Ca(Mg, Fe)Si2O6

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Titanaugite

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Aegirine-augite

(Na, Ca) (Fe, Mg)Si2O6

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Jadeite

NaAlSi2O6

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Wollastonite

CaSiO3

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Pectolite

Ca2NaSi3O8(OH)

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Anthophyllite – Gedrite

(Mg, Fe)7Si8O22(OH, F)2–(Mg, Fe)5Al4Si6O22(OH, F)2

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Cummingtonite – Grunerite

(Mg, Fe)7Si8O22(OH)2–(Fe, Mg)7Si8O22(OH)2

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Tremolite – Ferroactinolite

Ca2Mg5Si8O22(OH, F)2 Ca2Fe5Si8O22(OH, F)2

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Hornblende

NaCa2(Mg, Fe)4AlSi6Al2O22(OH, F)2

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Hornblende

NaCa2(Mg, Fe)4AlSi6Al2O22(OH, F)2

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Kaersutite

NaCa2(Mg, Fe)4(Ti, Fe)Al2Si6O22(OH, F)2

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Glaucophane

Na2Mg3Al2Si8O22(OH)2

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Arfvedsonite

Na3(Mg, Fe)4AlSi8O22(OH, F)2

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Aenigmatite

Na2Fe5TiSi6O20

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Astrophyllite

(K, Na)3Fe7Ti2Si8O24(O, OH, F)7

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Lamprophyllite

Na3(Ca, Fe)Ti3Si3O14(OH)

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Muscovite

KAl3Si3O10(OH, F)2

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Biotite

K(Mg, Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH, F)2

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Biotite

K(Mg, Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH, F)2

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Stilpnomelane

K(Fe, Mg, Al)3Si4O10(O, OH)2·3H2O

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Pyrophyllite

AlSi2O5(OH)

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Talc

Mg3Si4O10(OH)2

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Chlorite

(Mg, Fe, Al)12(Si, Al)8O20(OH)16

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Chlorite

(Mg, Fe, Al)12(Si, Al)8O20(OH)16

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Serpentine

Mg3Si2O5(OH)4

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Prehnite

Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2

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Microcline

KAlSi3O8

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Perthite & Microperthite

(K, Na)AlSi3O8

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Sanidine

(K, Na)AlSi3O8

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Anorthoclase

(Na, K)AlSi3O8

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Plagioclase

NaAlSi3O8–CaAl2Si2O8

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Quartz

SiO2

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Myrmekite

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Granophyric texture

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Tridymite

SiO2

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Cristobalite

Si02

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Nepheline

NaAlSiO4

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Sanidine & Nepheline

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Leucite

KAlSi2O6

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Nosean

6NaAlSiO4·Na2SO4

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Cancrinite

6NaAlSiO4·Na2CO3

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Scapolite

3(NaAlSi3O8)·NaCl−3(CaAl2Si2O8)·CaCo3

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Analcite

NaAlSi2O6·H2O

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Corundum

Al2O3

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Rutile

TiO2

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Perovskite

CaTiO3

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Spinel

(Fe, Mg)Al2O4

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Brucite

Mg(OH)2

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Calcite

CaCO3

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Dolomite

CaMg(CO3)2

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Dolomite

CaMg(CO3)2

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Apatite

Ca5(PO4)3(OH, F, Cl)

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Fluorite

CaF2

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Deerite

Fe 12 +2 Fe 6 +3 Si 12 O 40 (OH) 10

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Howieite

Na(Fe, Mn)10(Fe, Al)2Si12(O, OH)44

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Zussmanite

K(Fe, Mg, Mn)13Al2Si17(O, OH)56

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Yoderite

MgAl3Si2O9(OH)