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Sapphirine Supergroup

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Sapphirine
Morafeno, Tranomaro Commune, Amboasary District, Anosy (Fort Dauphin) Region, Tuléar (Toliara) Province, Madagascar
© 2001 John H. Betts

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According to the new IMA group nomenclature (Mills et al., 2009), this supergroup is subdivided into the Sapphirine Group, Aenigmatite Group and Rhönite Group.
Earlier it was subdivided by Grew et al. (2008) into the 'Sapphirine Subgroup', 'Aenigmatite Subgroup' and 'Rhönite Subgroup'.

Surinamite is an unassigned member of this supergroup.

Classification of Sapphirine Supergroup

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Relationship of Sapphirine Supergroup to other Species

Group Members:
Aenigmatite Group
Rhönite Group
Sapphirine Group
Surinamite
(Mg,Fe)
 
3
Al
 
4
BeSi
 
3
O
 
16

Other Information

Health Warning:No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

References for Sapphirine Supergroup

Reference List:

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Grew, E.S.; Halenius, U.; Pasero, M.; Barbier, J. (2008): Recommended nomenclature for the sapphirine and surinamite groups (sapphirine supergroup). Mineralogical Magazine 72, 839-876.

Mills, S.J., Hatert, F., Nickel, E.H., Ferraris, G. (2009): The standardisation of mineral group hierarchies: application to recent nomenclature proposals. European Journal of Mineralogy, 21, 1073-1080.

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