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Forsterite from
White Cutting, Slyudyanka, Lake Baikal area, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia


Classification
Species:Forsterite
Formula:Mg2SiO4
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Forsterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view White Cutting, Slyudyanka, Lake Baikal area, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:852126
Long-form Identifier:1:3:852126:2
GUID (UUID V4):ab83bc3f-8435-45b7-bd78-d1b333c102ae
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China, Canada, Spain, Australia, Argentina and Russia. The origin of albite-type pegmatites has been... Kα, 0.02), Na (anorthoclase, Kα, 0.01), Mg (forsterite, Kα, 0.01), Al (anorthoclase, Kα, 0.01), Si (rhodonite...thicknesses of 45 × 5, 22 × 3 and 65 × 5 Mg (forsterite, Kα, 0.01), Si (diopside, Kα, 0.02), Ti (TiO2...it is defined by a fine-grained association of white mica and albite that replaces very few crystals...of the albite of this unit varies from white to pink or white with pink haloes around tiny inclusions
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volcanic complex, located east of the metropolitan area of Naples, is one of the most dangerous volcanoes...characterized by a strong compositional variation from white trachytic pumices (0.34 km3 DRE; Landi et al. 1999)... 1. The Plinian deposit is composed of a basal white pumiceous layer, overlain by a transitional gray...U-2—Plinian fallout deposit composed by a basal white pumiceous layer (U-2a and U-2b), a transitional...melt/feldspars/pyroxenes are gray, and oxides are white cutting effects from sample preparation and artifacts
 
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