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The Sorosilicate Subclass |
Sorosilicates have two silicate tetrahedrons that are linked by one oxygen ion and thus the basic chemical unit is the anion group (Si2O7) with a negative six charge (-6). This structure forms an unusual hourglass-like shape and it may be due to this oddball structure that this subclass has so few common members in comparison with all the other silicate subclasses. It includes minerals that may also contain normal silicate tetrahedrons as well as the double tetrahedrons. The more complex members of this group, such as Epidote, contain chains of aluminum oxide tetrahedrons being held together by the individual silicate tetrahedrons and double tetrahedrons. Most members of this group are rare, but epidote is widespread in many metamorphic environments.
Here are the more common members of the sorosilicates:
Akatoreite (Manganese Iron Aluminum Silicate Hydroxide)Akermanite (Calcium Magnesium Silicate)Aminoffite (Calcium Beryllium Silicate Hydroxide)Andremeyerite (Barium Iron Manganese Magnesium Silicate)Androsite-(La) (Manganese Calcium Lanthanum Cerium Neodymium Aluminum Silicate Oxide Hydroxide)Ardennite (Manganese Calcium Magnesium Aluminum Iron Arsenic Vanadate Phosphate Silicate Hydroxide)Bafertisite (Barium Iron Manganese Titanium Silicate Oxide Hydroxide)Baghdadite (Hydrated Calcium Zirconium Titanium Silicate)Barylite (Barium Beryllium Silicate)Barysilite (Lead Manganese Silicate)Barytolamprophyllite (Sodium Potassium Barium Calcium Strontium Titanium Iron Silicate Hydroxide)Belkovite (Barium Niobium Titanium Silicate Fluoride)- Bertrandite (Beryllium Silicate Hydroxide)
Bornemanite (Barium Sodium Titanium Niobium Silicate Phosphate Fluoride Oxide)Burpalite (Sodium Calcium Zirconium Silicate)Chevkinite-(Ce) (Cerium Lanthanum Calcium Sodium Thorium Iron Magnesium Titanium Silicate)Clinophosinaite (Sodium Calcium Phosphate Silicate)Cuspidine (Calcium Silicate Fluoride Hydroxide)- Danburite (Calcium Boro-Silicate)
Davreuxite (Manganese Aluminum Silicate Hydroxide)Delindeite (Sodium Potassium Barium Calcium Titanium Iron Aluminum Silicate Hydroxide)Edgarbaileyite (Mercury Silicate)- The Epidote group
- Allanite (Yttrium Cerium Calcium Aluminum Iron Silicate Hydroxide)
Clinozoisite (Calcium Aluminum Silicate Hydroxide)- Epidote (Calcium Iron Aluminum Silicate Hydroxide)
Hancockite (Lead Calcium Strontium Aluminum Iron Silicate Hydroxide)Piemontite (Calcium Aluminum Manganese Iron Silicate Oxide Hydroxide)Strontiopiemontite (Calcium Manganese Strontium Aluminum Iron Silicate Oxide Hydroxide)- Zoisite (Calcium Aluminum Silicate Hydroxide)
Epistolite (Hydrated Sodium Titanium Niobium Silicate)Ericssonite (Barium Manganese Iron Silicate Hydroxide)Fersmanite (Calcium Sodium Titanium Niobium Silicate Fluoride)Fluorthalenite (Yttrium Silicate Fluoride)Foshallasite (Hydrated Calcium Silicate)Fresnoite (Barium Titanium Silicate)Ganomalite (Lead Calcium Manganese Silicate)Gehlenite (Calcium Aluminum Silicate)Gittinsite (Calcium Zirconium Silicate)Gotzenite (Calcium Sodium Titanium Aluminum Silicate Fluoride Hydroxide)Gugiaite (Calcium Beryllium Silicate)Hainite (Sodium Calcium Titanium Zirconium Manganese Iron Silicate Fluoride)- Hardystonite (Calcium Zinc Silicate)
Harstigite (Calcium Manganese Beryllium Silicate Hydroxide)Hejtmanite (Barium Manganese Iron Titanium Silicate Hydroxide Fluoride)- Hemimorphite (Hydrated Zinc Silicate Hydroxide)
Hennomartinite (Hydrated Strontium Magnesium Silicate Hydroxide)Hiortdahlite (Calcium Sodium Zirconium Titanium Yttrium Silicate Oxide Hydroxide Fluoride)- Ilvaite (Calcium Iron Silicate Hydroxide)
Innelite (Barium Potassium Sodium Calcium Titanium Silicate Sulfate Oxide)Jaffeite (Calcium Silicate Hydroxide)Janhaugite (Sodium Calcium Manganese Iron Titanium Zirconium Niobium Silicate Oxide Hydroxide Fluoride)Jeffreyite (Calcium Sodium Beryllium Aluminum Silicate Hydroxide)Jennite (Hydrated Calcium Silicate Hydroxide)Junitoite (Hydrated Calcium Zinc Silicate)Keiviite (Yttrium Ytterbium Silicate)- Kinoite (Calcium Copper Silicate Hydroxide)
Melanotekite (Lead Iron Silicate)Kentrolite (Lead Manganese Silicate)Kilchoanite (Calcium Silicate)Killalaite (Hydrated Calcium Silicate)Komarovite (Hydrated Calcium Manganese Sodium Niobium Silicate Oxide Hydroxide Fluoride)Lamprophyllite (Sodium Strontium Barium Titanium Silicate Hydroxide Fluoride)Lavenite (Hydrated Sodium Calcium Manganese Iron Zirconium Titanium Silicate Oxide Hydroxide Fluoride)Lawsonite (Hydrated Calcium Aluminum Silicate Hydroxide)- Leucophanite (Sodium Calcium Beryllium Silicate Hydroxide Fluoride)
Lomonosovite (Sodium Manganese Titanium Silicate Phosphate Oxide)Macfallite (Calcium Manganese Silicate Hydroxide)Medaite (Manganese Calcium Vanadium Arsenic Silicate Hydroxide)Melanotekite (Lead Iron Silicate)Melilite (Calcium Sodium Aluminum Magnesium Iron Silicate)Meliphanite (Calcium Sodium Beryllium Aluminum Silicate Hydroxide Fluoride)Mongolite (Hydrated Calcium Niobium Silicate Hydroxide)- Murmanite (Hydrated Sodium Titanium Niobium Silicate)
Nacareniobsite (Niobium Sodium Calcium Cerium Lanthanum Praseodymium Neodymium Silicate Oxide Fluoride)Nasonite (Lead Calcium Silicate Chloride)Niocalite (Calcium Niobium Silicate Oxide Fluoride)Noelbensonite (Hydrated Barium Manganese Silicate Hydroxide)Orientite (Calcium Manganese Silicate Hydroxide)Orthoericssonite (Barium Manganese Iron Silicate Hydroxide)Perrierite (Cerium Calcium Lanthanum Neodymium Thorium Iron Magnesium Titanium Aluminum Zirconium Silicate)Phosinaite-(Ce) (Sodium Calcium Cerium Silicate Phosphate)Pumpellyite (Hydrated Calcium Iron Magnesium Aluminum Manganese Silicate Oxide Hydroxide)Queitite (Lead Zinc Silicate Sulfate)Rankinite (Calcium Silicate)Rinkite (Sodium Calcium Cerium Titanium Silicate Oxide Fluoride)Rosenbuschite (Calcium Sodium Zirconium Titanium Silicate Fluoride)Rosenhahnite (Calcium Silicate Hydroxide)Rowlandite-(Y) (Yttrium Iron Silicate Fluoride)Ruizite (Hydrated Calcium Manganese Silicate Hydroxide)Rustumite (Calcium Silicate Chloride Hydroxide)Samfowlerite (Calcium Manganese Zinc Beryllium Silicate Hydroxide Fluoride)Seidozerite (Sodium Calcium Zirconium Titanium Manganese Silicate Oxide Fluoride)Strontiochevkinite (Strontium Lanthanum Cerium Calcium Iron Titanium Zirconium Silicate)- Suolunite (Hydrated Calcium Silicate Hydroxide)
Sursassite (Manganese Aluminum Silicate Hydroxide)Thalenite (Yttrium Silicate Hydroxide)Thortveitite (Scandium Yttrium Silicate)Tilleyite (Calcium Silicate Carbonate)Tiragalloite (Manganese Arsenic Silicate Hydroxide)- Vesuvianite (Idocrase) (Calcium Magnesium Aluminum Silicate Hydroxide)
Vuonnemite (Sodium Niobium Titanium Silicate Phosphate Oxide Fluoride)Werdingite (Magnesium Iron Aluminum Boron Silicate Oxide)Wohlerite (Sodium Calcium Zirconium Niobium Silicate Oxide Hydroxide Fluoride)Yoshimuraite (Barium Strontium Titanium Manganese Silicate Phosphate Sulfate Hydroxide Chloride)Yttrialite (Yttrium Thorium Silicate)Zunyite (Aluminum Silicate Hydroxide Fluoride Chloride)
 Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery MINERALS |
Popular Members of the Silicates Class
