Definition of Paragonite. Meaning of Paragonite. Synonyms of Paragonite

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Definition of Paragonite

Paragonite
Paragonite Pa*rag"o*nite, n. [From Gr. ?, p. pr. of ? to mislead.] (Min.) A kind of mica related to muscovite, but containing soda instead of potash. It is characteristic of the paragonite schist of the Alps.

Meaning of Paragonite from wikipedia

- Paragonite is a mineral, related to muscovite. Its empirical formula is NaAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2. A wide solvus separates muscovite from paragonite, such...
- crystals have been pseudomorphically altered by a mixture of muscovite, paragonite and margarite. The calcium-rich margarite tends to form along the graphite-rich...
- of white (colourless) micas, typically made of muscovite, illite, or paragonite. Sericite is produced by the alteration of orthoclase or plagioclase feldspars...
- mineral, biotite, is almost always much darker in color than muscovite. Paragonite can be difficult to distinguish from muscovite but is much less common...
- include kyanite, rutile, quartz, lawsonite, coesite, amphibole, phengite, paragonite, zoisite, dolomite, corundum and, rarely, diamond. The chemistry of primary...
- Pabstite Painite Palladium Palygorskite Panethite Panguite Papagoite Paragonite Paralaurionite Paramelaconite Pararealgar Paravauxite Pargasite Parisite-(Ce)...
- blueschist facies, jadeite reacts with lawsonite to form zoisite and paragonite: Minerals ****ociated with jadeite include: glaucophane, lawsonite, muscovite...
- phengite ± paragonite, omphacite In metagreywackes: quartz + jadeite + lawsonite ± phengite, glaucophane, chlorite In metapelites: phengite + paragonite + carpholite...
- plagioclase. Jadeite bearing pyroxene minerals have suggested clinozoisite and paragonite are ****ociated and derived from lawsonite releasing quartz and water via...
- phengite +/- albite +/- quartz +/- talc +/- garnet Granites: kyanite +/- paragonite +/- chlorite +/- albite +/- quartz +/- pargasite or phengite Calc-silicates:...