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      Ferro-gedrite
      Fged
      ◻Fe2+2(Fe2+3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2
      ◻Fe2+2(Fe2+3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2
      Fe2+ Al Si O H
      Tilley C E (1939) Kyanite-gedrite parageneses. Geological Magazine 76, 326-330  [view file]
      Renamed by IMA nomenclature commission:
      Leake B E (1978) Nomenclature of amphiboles. American Mineralogist 63, 1023-1052  [view file]
      Redefined:
      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]
      Name changed from ferrogedrite:
      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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      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]
      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]
      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]
      Leake B E, Woolley A R, Birch W D, Burke E A J, Ferraris G, Grice J D, Hawthorne F C, Kisch H J, Krivovichev V G, Schumacher J C, Stephenson N C N, Whittaker E J W (2003) Nomenclature of amphiboles: additions and revisions to the International Mineralogical Association’s 1997 recommendations. The Canadian Mineralogist 41, 1355-1362  [view file]
      Matsubara S, Kato A, Nomura M (1980) The occurence of ferro-gedrite from the Kawai Mine, Ena, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Bulletin National Science Museum, Tokyo Series C 6, 107-113  [view file]
      Milton D J, Ito J (1961) Gedrite from Oxford County, Maine. American Mineralogist 46, 734-740  [view file]
      Seki Y, Yamasaki M (1957) Aluminian ferroanthophyllite from the Kitakami Mountainland, Northeastern Japan. American Mineralogist 42, 506-520  [view file]
      Tilley C E (1939) Kyanite-gedrite parageneses. Geological Magazine 76, 326-330  [view file]