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Smaragdite from

Acoje Mine, Santa Cruz, Zambales Province, Central Luzon Region, Luzon, Philippines

Locality type: Mine
Classification
Species: Actinolite var: Smaragdite
Formula: Ca2(Mg,Fe2+,Cr)5Si8O22(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity: Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data: Click here to view Smaragdite data
Locality Data: Click here to view Acoje Mine, Santa Cruz, Zambales Province, Central Luzon Region, Luzon, Philippines
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID: 311041
Long-form Identifier: 1:3:311041:6
GUID (UUID V4): f32e4245-7aa1-46c7-93a9-6cc48cf7f631
References
South-East Asian Oil, Gas, Coal, and Mineral Deposits, C. Hutchison,1996
Reference Search (possible matching items)
**Hock, M., Friedrich, G. (1985) Structural features of ophiolitic chromitites in the Zambales Range, Luzon, Philippines. Mineralium Deposita, 20 (4) doi:10.1007/bf00204289**Journal (article/letter/editorial)of ophiolitic chromitites in the Zambales Range, Luzon, Philippines M. Hock 1 and G. Friedrich Institut...peridotites of the Zambales mafic-ultramafic complex form the lowermost level of the Zambales ophiolite, which...investigated chromite deposits Plate tectonics The Zambales ophiolite is a part of the Philippine islandarc...investigators such as Karig (1971) describe the Zambales ophiolite as a fragment of oceanic crust of the...(1983) and Hawkins and Evans (1983) predate the Zambales ophiolite relative to the opening of the South