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      Clino-ferro-ferri-holmquistite
      Cffhlm
      ◻Li2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)2
      ◻Li2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)2
      Li Fe2+ Fe3+ Si O H
      Name defined by IMA nomenclature commission for the hypothetical mineral:
      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]
      Mineral discovered in nature:
      Oberti R, Cámara F, Caballero J M, Ottolini L (2003) Sodic-ferri-ferropedrizite and ferri-clinoferroholmquistite: Mineral data and degree of order of the Α-site cations in Li-rich amphiboles. The Canadian Mineralogist 41, 1345-1354  [view file]
      Name changed from Ferri-clinoferroholmquistite:
      Hawthorne F C, Oberti R, Harlow G E, Maresch W V, Martin R F, Schumacher J C, Welch M D (2012) Nomenclature of the amphibole supergroup. American Mineralogist 97, 2031-2048  [view file]
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      Hawthorne F C, Oberti R, Harlow G E, Maresch W V, Martin R F, Schumacher J C, Welch M D (2012) Nomenclature of the amphibole supergroup. American Mineralogist 97, 2031-2048  [view file]
      Jambor J L, Grew E S, Roberts A C (2004) New mineral names. American Mineralogist 89, 1574-1578  [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]
      Mandarino J A (2004) New minerals. The Canadian Mineralogist 42, 1241-1260  [view file]
      Oberti R, Cámara F, Caballero J M, Ottolini L (2003) Sodic-ferri-ferropedrizite and ferri-clinoferroholmquistite: Mineral data and degree of order of the Α-site cations in Li-rich amphiboles. The Canadian Mineralogist 41, 1345-1354  [view file]