Mineralogy of amphiboles and 1:1 layer silicates

Conference · Fri Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:47843

Veblen, D R ^[1]; Wylie, A G ^[2]

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1. Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (United States)
2. Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)

This article reviews briefly the ways in which mineralogists and crystal chemist represent complex silicate structures: the basic nomenclature for amphiboles, and the 1:1 layer silicates; the geological occurrences of these minerals; their crystal structures and defect structures; the various morphologies, or habits, of amphibole and 1:1 layer silicate crystals; and the potentially active surface sites and dissolution kinetics of such particles. Also included is a discussion of how 1:1 layer silicates, amphiboles, and other chain silicates related to amphiboles are identified in the laboratory. 225 refs., 28 figs.

• Research Organization: Mineralogical Society of America, Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 47843
• Report Number(s): CONF-9310406-Vol.28; ON: TI95128816; TRN: 95:002195-0003
• Resource Relation: Conference: Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) conference on health effects of mineral dusts, Nantucket Island, MA (United States), 22-24 Oct 1993; Other Information: PBD: 1993; Related Information: Is Part Of Health effects of mineral dusts, Volume 28: Proceedings; Guthrie, G.D. Jr. [ed.] [Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)]; Mossman, B.T. [ed.] [Vermont Univ., Burlington, VT (United States). Dept. of Pathology]; PB: 584 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

58 GEOSCIENCES
56 BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
APPLIED STUDIES
AMPHIBOLE
MINERALOGY
SILICATES