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Abstract
Wollastonite, a calcium metasilicate, has an ideal composition of 48.3 percent calcium oxide and 51.7 percent silicon dioxide, but it can also contain minor amounts of aluminum, iron, magnesium, manganese, potassium, sodium or strontium substituting for calcium. Wollastonite occurs as prismatic crystals that break into tabular-to-acicular fragments. It is usually white but also may be gray, cream, brown, pale green, or red depending on its impurities and grain size.
Publication type | Article |
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Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
Title | Mineral resource of the month: Wollastonite |
Series title | Earth |
Volume | 59 |
Issue | 4 |
Year Published | 2014 |
Language | English |
Publisher | AGI |
Contributing office(s) | National Minerals Information Center |
Description | 1 p. |
First page | 51 |
Last page | 51 |
Online Only (Y/N) | N |
Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |
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