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Riebeckite is a sodium-rich
member of the
amphibole group of
silicate minerals,
chemical formula Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)2. It
forms a
solid solution...
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amphibole minerals are
commonly called asbestos.
These are: anthophyllite,
riebeckite, the ****mingtonite/grunerite series, and the actinolite/tremolite series...
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similarities with
alkali amphiboles such as arfvedsonite, glaucophane-
riebeckite.
There is
little solubility between these minerals due to
different crystal...
- (short for
minerals of the
columbite group)
Crocidolite (asbestiform
riebeckite)
Cymophane (variety of chrysoberyl)
Danalite Danburite Datolite Daubréeite...
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described as peralkaline, and they
contain unusual sodium amphiboles such as
riebeckite.
Granites in
which there is an
excess of
aluminum beyond what can be taken...
- and marls. It
occurs in ****ociation with pot****ic feldspar, nepheline,
riebeckite, arfvedsonite, aenigmatite, astrophyllite, catapleiite, eudialyte, serandite...
- (var.)
Quartzite Realgar Rhodizite Rhodochrosite Rhodonite Richterite Riebeckite Crocidolite (var.)
Rosasite Rutile Samarskite Sanidine Sapphirine Sarcolite...
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bipyramidal quartz. The blue
colour is
caused by very
small crystals of
riebeckite or arfvedsonite. The 1903
eruption of
Changbaishan volcano in northeast...
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commonly known as blue asbestos, is the
fibrous form of the
amphibole riebeckite,
found primarily in
southern Africa, but also in
Australia and Bolivia...
- Russia. Its
mineral ****ociation
includes nepheline, albite, aegirine,
riebeckite,
katophorite and quartz.
Arfvedsonite was
discovered in 1823 and named...
