Amphibole is a group of inosilicate minerals, forming prism or needlelike crystals, composed of double chain SiO4 tetrahedra, linked at the vertices and generally containing ions of iron and/or magnes
Amphibole (tremolite)
Photomicrographs of a thin section containing an amphibole crystal; under cross-polarized light on the left, and plane-polarized light on the right.
Double-chain inosilicate structure looking up the [100] axis. Silicon ions are hidden by apical oxygen ions.
Side view (along [010]) of double chain inosilicate backbone. Apical oxygens are at the bottom.
Tremolite is a member of the amphibole group of silicate minerals with composition Ca2Si8O222. Tremolite forms by metamorphism of sediments rich in dolomite and quartz, and occurs in two distinct form
Amphibole
…sometimes a constituent of naturally occurring amphiboles. Amphiboles of metamorphic origin include those developed in limestones by contact metamorphism (tremolite) and those formed by the alteration of other ferromagnesian minerals (such as hornblende as an alteration product of pyroxene). Pseudomorphs of amphibole…
Tremolite from the Aure Valley, French Pyrenees (size: 8.2 × 6.7 cm)