Bytownite is a calcium rich member of the plagioclase solid solution series of feldspar minerals with composition between anorthite and labradorite. It...
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Boracite Bornite Brazilianite Breithauptite Brookite Brucite Bustamite Bytownite Calcite Manganoan calcite (var.) Caledonite Canasite Cancrinite Vishnevite...
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member (albite 2.62) increases 0.02 per 10% increase in anorthite (2.75). Bytownite, named after the former name for Ottawa, Ontario, Canada—Bytown— is a...
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certain composition; those of calcic labradorite (50–70% anorthite) and bytownite (formula: (Ca0.7-0.9,Na0.3-0.1)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8], i.e., with an anorthite...
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NaAlSi 3O 8 – CaAl 2Si 2O 8 labradorite (50 to 70) (Ca,Na)Al(Al,Si)Si2O8 bytownite (70 to 90) (NaSi,CaAl)AlSi2O8 anorthite (90 to 100) CaAl2Si2O8 Intermediate...
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Al)4O8 (Na:Ca 3:2) Labradorite – (Ca,Na)(Si,Al)4O8 (Na:Ca 2:3) Bytownite – (Ca,Na)(Si,Al)4O8 (Na:Ca 1:4) Anorthite – CaAl2Si2O8 Tectosilicates...
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Buergerite (renamed to fluor-buergerite) Bursaite (not approved by IMA) Bytownite (variety of anorthite) Cabalzarite Cabriite Cacoxenite Cadmium Cadmoindite...
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gaps in phase systems are named, including The huttenlocher (found in bytownite, anorthite composition An55-95.), boggild (in labradorite, An39-48 and...
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from sodium- to calcium-rich): oligoclase, andesine, labradorite, and bytownite. Other examples of series include the olivine series of magnesium-rich...
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dating back to the Bytown era. The name Bytown survives in the name of Bytownite, a calcium-rich plagioclase feldspar mineral, named from its occurrence...
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