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Vesuvianite, also
known as idocrase, is a green, brown, yellow, or blue
silicate mineral.
Vesuvianite occurs as
tetragonal crystals in
skarn deposits...
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variety of the
mineral vesuvianite a
valid mineral species (see
cyprine (mineral), IMA2015-044) from the
vesuvianite group the
Icelandic cyprine...
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appearance to
vesuvianite, and
there is
confusion in
terminology as
viluite has long been used as a
synonym for wiluite, a
sorosilicate of the
vesuvianite group...
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Ixiolite Varieties that are not
valid species:
Idocrase (synonym of
vesuvianite)
Iolite (a gem-quality
variety of cordierite)
Jacobsite Jadarite Jadeite...
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contact with
metamorphic rocks. ****ociated
minerals include garnets,
vesuvianite, diopside, tremolite, epidote,
plagioclase feldspar,
pyroxene and calcite...
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Tugtupite Turquoise Ulexite Ussingite Vanadinite Variscite Väyrynenite
Vesuvianite (idocrase)
Californite (var.)
Villiaumite Vivianite Vlasovite Wardite...
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facies (subduction zone
setting with low
temperature and high pressure),
vesuvianite,
which takes up a
significant amount of
calcium in its
chemical structure...
- Ca)Al2(FeII,FeIII)O(SiO4)(Si2O7)(OH) Dollaseite-(Ce) – CaCeMg2AlSi3O11F(OH)
Vesuvianite (idocrase) – Ca10(Mg,Fe)2Al4(SiO4)5(Si2O7)2(OH)4
Cyclosilicates (from...
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Cyprine is a copper-rich
member of the
vesuvianite group with the
formula Ca19Cu2+(Al10Mg2)Si18O68(OH)10. A
similar name is
given to a Cu-bearing variety...
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Grossular is
found in skarns,
contact metamorphosed limestones with
vesuvianite, diopside,
wollastonite and wernerite.
Grossular garnet from
Kenya and...
