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What is a riebeckite?

What is a riebeckite? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (mineralogy) A form of amphibole rich in sodium
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The mineral is found as small pink to gray masses of microcrystals in quartz-feldspar pegmatites and veins in association with astrophyllite, riebeckite, and zircon.
On the other hand, there is evidence that long-term exposure to asbestiform riebeckite can be dangerous.
Within this granite are darker bands richer in iron because they contain the pyroxene mineral aegirine and the amphibole mineral riebeckite.
Willman reported astrophyllite, biotite, molybdenite, and riebeckite associated with smoky quartz and microcline on Mount Kineo at North Cheyenne Canyon.
Several pools of syenitic magma were separated from the main body of the melt, each eventually being emplaced as quartz syenite, fayalite granite, and riebeckite granite.

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