On conventional calculations of amphibole formulae from chemical analyses with inaccurate H2O(+) and F determinations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 March 2018
Summary
For chemical analyses with inaccurately reported H2O(+) or F, calculation of an amphibole formula on the basis of 23(O) after discarding the reported H2O(+) is in most cases as unsatisfactory as a standard calculation including H2O(+) based on 24(O, OH, F). The sum of the cations in X, Y, and Z groups most closely approaches theoretical values in a 23(O) calculation, but only by virtue of compensating and compounded errors of opposite sign. Realization of the ideal formula by either method without additional data is not an infallible criterion of accuracy of the analysis or the correct site occupation. These conclusions stem from the observation that although H2O(+) may be incorrect, most analyses add up to 100.00 or greater; thus compensating errors in metallic oxides are implicit.
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- Mineralogical magazine and journal of the Mineralogical Society , Volume 36 , Issue 280 , December 1967 , pp. 583 - 590
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- Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1967
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