Tremolite : CSIRO Spectroscopy Database

Tremolite

Images

Shortwave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen of tremolite (orange PL) and clino-suenoite (reddish orange) from Talcville, New York. Size: 19cm

© Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.

Shortwave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen of tremolite (orange PL) and clino-suenoite (reddish orange) from Talcville, New York

© Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.

Image of a specimen of tremolite and clino-suenoite (tirodite) from Talcville, New York. Size: 19cm

© Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.

Tremolite from Mt Ibity, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar

© Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0

Image of a specimen of tremolite and clino-suenoite (tirodite) from Talcville, New York

© Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.

Properties

Formula	☐Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe^II_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂
Abbreviation	Tr
Classifications	Tremolite root name group, Ferro-actinolite-Tremolite (series)
Luminescence emitters	Cr, Fe, Mn, OH
IMA Status	Approved/redefined (IMA 2012 s.p.)
Search other databases	webmineral.com, mindat.org, rruf.info, fluomin.org, mineralienatlas.de, Handbook of Mineralogy, American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database
Tags	Mineral, Silicate , Hydroxide

Composition

Element	Wt%
H	0.25
Mg	14.96
Ca	9.87
Si	27.66
O	47.27
Total:	100.01

References

Reference	Lines	Spectra	Images
Bakhtin 1985; Tarashchan 1978; Yarovoy 1996	4	0	0
Burns & Strens 1966	2	0	0
Hamblen 2003	0	0	4