MES082 Omphacite / Ferro-glaucophane / Epidote : CSIRO Spectroscopy Database

MES082 Omphacite / Ferro-glaucophane / Epidote [CSIRO]

Name	MES082 Omphacite / Ferro-glaucophane / Epidote
Owner	CSIRO
Collection	ARRC Collection
Catalog ID	MES082
CMR-Specify ID	2024-MS-0000000978
Material(s)	Omphacite [(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆] — 30.0% Ferro-glaucophane [☐Na₂(Fe^II₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂] — 26.0% Epidote [Ca₂(Al₂Fe^III)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)] — 12.0% Actinolite [☐Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe^II_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂] — 8.0% Majorite [Mg₃(MgSi)(SiO₄)₃] — 8.0% Albite [NaAlSi₃O₈] — 6.0% Titanite [CaTiSiO₅] — 5.0% Calcite [CaCO₃] — 4.0% Quartz [SiO₂] — 1.0% Clinochlore (var. Fe) [(Mg,Fe^II)₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈] — 0.0% Phase abundance was determined by quantitative XRD analysis, in: Owen, N. and Gomez-Camacho, R. (2022), Diffraction, Mineralogy and Geochemistry XRD Characterisation Report, Job # 5974 [CSIRO internal report]. ID 63653.
Locality	Occidental (near), Sonoma Co., CA, USA
Comment	ex Excalibur Mineral Company