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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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Basalt sample returned by Apollo 15, from near a long sinous lunar valley called Hadley Rille. Measured at 3.3 years old.
(Bed) Rocks and (Flint) Stones