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      Ferro-actinolite
      Fact
      ◻Ca2(Mg2.5-0.0Fe2+2.5-5.0)Si8O22(OH)2
      ◻Ca2Mg2.5-0Fe2+2.5-5Si8O22(OH)2
      Ca Mg Fe2+ Si O H
      Sundius N (1946) The classification of the hornblendes and the solid solution relations in the amphibole group. Sveriges Geologiska Undersökning 40, 1-36  [view file]
      Redefined by the IMA nomenclature commission:
      Leake B E, Woolley A R, Arps C E S, Birch W D, Gilbert M C, Grice J D, Hawthorne F C, Kato A, Kisch H J, Krivovichev V G, Linthout K, Laird J, Mandarino J A, Maresch W V, Nickel E H, Rock N M S, Schumacher J C, Smith D C, Stephenson N C N, Ungaretti L, Whittaker E J W, Youzhi G (1997) Nomenclature of amphiboles: report of the Subcommittee on Amphiboles of the International Mineralogical Association, Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names. The Canadian Mineralogist 35, 219-246  [view file]
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      Brown J M, Abramson E H (2016) Elasticity of calcium and calcium-sodium amphiboles. Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors 261, 161-171
      Burke E A J, Leake B E (2004) "Named amphiboles": a new category of amphiboles recognized by the International Mineralogical Association (IMA), and the proper order of prefixes to be used in amphibole names. The Canadian Mineralogist 42, 1881-1883  [view file]
      Evans B W, Yang H (1998) Fe-Mg order-disorder in tremolite-actinolite-ferro-actinolte at ambient and high temperature. American Mineralogist 83, 458-475  [view file]
      Leake B E (1978) Nomenclature of amphiboles. American Mineralogist 63, 1023-1052  [view file]
      Leake B E, Woolley A R, Arps C E S, Birch W D, Gilbert M C, Grice J D, Hawthorne F C, Kato A, Kisch H J, Krivovichev V G, Linthout K, Laird J, Mandarino J A, Maresch W V, Nickel E H, Rock N M S, Schumacher J C, Smith D C, Stephenson N C N, Ungaretti L, Whittaker E J W, Youzhi G (1997) Nomenclature of amphiboles: report of the Subcommittee on Amphiboles of the International Mineralogical Association, Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names. The Canadian Mineralogist 35, 219-246  [view file]
      Millette J R, Bandli B R (2005) Asbestos identification using available standard methods. The Microscope 53, 179-185
      Sundius N (1946) The classification of the hornblendes and the solid solution relations in the amphibole group. Sveriges Geologiska Undersökning 40, 1-36  [view file]
      Tribaudino M, Hovis G L, Almer C, Leaman A (2022) Thermal expansion of minerals in the amphibole supergroup. American Mineralogist 107, 1302-1312  [view file]
      Verkouteren J R, Wylie A G (2000) The tremolite-actinolite-ferro–actinolite series: systematic relationships among cell parameters, composition, optical properties, and habit, and evidence of discontinuities. American Mineralogist 85, 1239-1254  [view file]