The Identification of Fe2+
in the M4 site of Calcic Amphiboles: Reply
Don S. Goldman
Ovens-Corning Fiberglas
Technical Center
Granville, Ohio 43027
George R. Rossman
Division of Geological and Planetary
Sciences
California Institute of Technoogy
Pasadena, CA 91125
Abstract
Additional experimental evidence is presented to indicate
that absorption from Fe2+ in the M4 site
dominates the optical spectrum of most calcic amphiboles inthe 1000 nm
region of the spectum.
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