Mineralogical and crystal-chemical descriptions are provided for two end-members of the new Group 5 introduced by Leake et al. (2004) in the nomenclature of amphiboles. This new classification scheme recognizes the occurrence ...
Lithium is an important constituent in amphiboles, where it can be incorporated up to a limit of three atoms per formula unit (apfu). Lithium can partition itself between the B-group sites (where it occurs at the [6+2] ...
A systematic examination of metamorphic episyenites in the Pedriza Massif, Sierra de Guadarrama, Spain, allowed detection of two more distinct Li-rich C2/m amphibole species. They can be related to previously described ...