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Ferri-taramite, a new member of the amphibole supergroup, from the Jakobsberg Mn–Fe deposit, Värmland, Sweden
Department of Geosciences, Swedish Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box
50007, 10405 Stockholm, Sweden
Fernando Cámara
Dipartimento di Scienze della
Terra “A. Desio”, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Luigi Mangiagalli 34, 20133, Milan, Italy
Andreas Karlsson
Department of Geosciences, Swedish Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box
50007, 10405 Stockholm, Sweden
Henrik Skogby
Department of Geosciences, Swedish Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box
50007, 10405 Stockholm, Sweden
Thomas Zack
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Gothenburg, P.O. Box 460,
40530 Gothenburg, Sweden
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Short summary
A new mineral has been discovered, an amphibole, with the name ferri-taramite, which has now been approved by the International Mineralogical Association. The paper discusses the significance of the discovery in relation to other amphiboles found worldwide. This taramite is unique in that it is from a skarn associated with ore and is not of magmatic origin. For the description we have used many methods, including X-ray diffraction, chemical analyses and several types of spectroscopy.
A new mineral has been discovered, an amphibole, with the name ferri-taramite, which has now...
