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Figure 2: Illustration of pyroxene single-chain silicon-oxygen tetrahedral structure (SiO3)n and amphibole double-chain structure (Si4O11)n.

Figure 3: Projection of the crystal structure of a monoclinic amphibole as viewed down the a axis.

Figure 4: (A) Schematic projection of the monoclinic amphibole structure on a plane perpendicular to the c axis. (B) Control of cleavage angles by I beams in the amphibole structure.

Riebeckite (of the crocidolite variety) from South Africa.

Bowen's reaction series

Figure 14: Various structural linkage schemes in silicates.

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Figure 2: Illustration of pyroxene single-chain silicon-oxygen tetrahedral structure (SiO3)n and amphibole double-chain structure (Si4O11)n.

Figure 3: Projection of the crystal structure of a monoclinic amphibole as viewed down the a axis.

Figure 4: (A) Schematic projection of the monoclinic amphibole structure on a plane perpendicular to the c axis. (B) Control of cleavage angles by I beams in the amphibole structure.

Riebeckite (of the crocidolite variety) from South Africa.

Bowen's reaction series

Figure 14: Various structural linkage schemes in silicates.

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calcic amphibole group tremolite-actinolite series sodic amphibole group sodic-calcic amphibole group iron-magnesium-manganese amphibole group nephrite hornblende actinolite pargasite hastingsite pyroxene

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