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Also given as: 9.87, 18.00, 5.30 Å, 105.4°.",6,"Vitreous","Pale grey-green to brownish-green.","Light-brown, brown, greenish-brown to dark green and black.",[57,58,59,60,61],"brown","green","black","gray","pink",[60,58,57],"Nonfluorescent","on {110}","Perfect","Biaxial","-","1.63","1.64","1.65","88","63",1.63,1.65,"r > v","Pargasite is one of the earliest amphiboles that were described that are still a valid mineral. It was rudimentarily described by von Steinheil in 1814 and more thoroughly by Nordenskiöld (1821). Nordenskiold included both chemistry, optical and physic...","Named in 1814 by Count Fabian Gotthard von Steinheil for the locality in the Pargas Valley, Finland. {Note: Count Fabian Gotthard von Steinheil is not well-known as a mineralogist. He was Governor General of Finland in 1810. Steinheilite was named for him by Johan Gadolin, also in 1814.}","2026-02-16 14:14:12",[80],{"id":81,"name":82,"entrytype":50,"csystem":11,"ima_formula":11,"mindat_formula":83,"hmin":11,"hmax":11,"dmeas":47,"dcalc":47,"primary_image_id":11},25632,"Carinthine","{Na}{Ca\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>}{Mg\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>Al}(Al\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>Si\u003Csub>6\u003C\u002Fsub>O\u003Csub>22\u003C\u002Fsub>)(OH)\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>",[85,92,97,103,109,116,121,129,134],{"id":86,"name":87,"entrytype":9,"csystem":40,"ima_formula":88,"mindat_formula":88,"hmin":52,"hmax":52,"dmeas":89,"dcalc":90,"primary_image_id":91},41970,"Chromio-pargasite","NaCa\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>(Mg\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>Cr)(Si\u003Csub>6\u003C\u002Fsub>Al\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>)O\u003Csub>22\u003C\u002Fsub>(OH)\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>","3.08","3.121",5614,{"id":93,"name":94,"entrytype":9,"csystem":40,"ima_formula":95,"mindat_formula":95,"hmin":41,"hmax":52,"dmeas":47,"dcalc":47,"primary_image_id":96},1524,"Ferro-pargasite","NaCa\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>(Fe\u003Csup>2+\u003C\u002Fsup>\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>Al)(Si\u003Csub>6\u003C\u002Fsub>Al\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>)O\u003Csub>22\u003C\u002Fsub>(OH)\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>",8739,{"id":98,"name":99,"entrytype":9,"csystem":40,"ima_formula":100,"mindat_formula":100,"hmin":52,"hmax":52,"dmeas":101,"dcalc":102,"primary_image_id":11},27537,"Fluoro-pargasite","NaCa\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>(Mg\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>Al)(Si\u003Csub>6\u003C\u002Fsub>Al\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>)O\u003Csub>22\u003C\u002Fsub>F\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>","3.18","3.19",{"id":104,"name":105,"entrytype":9,"csystem":40,"ima_formula":106,"mindat_formula":106,"hmin":41,"hmax":52,"dmeas":11,"dcalc":107,"primary_image_id":108},53416,"Mangani-pargasite","NaCa\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>(Mg\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>Mn\u003Csup>3+\u003C\u002Fsup>)(Si\u003Csub>6\u003C\u002Fsub>Al\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>)O\u003Csub>22\u003C\u002Fsub>(OH)\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>","3.127",15295,{"id":110,"name":111,"entrytype":9,"csystem":40,"ima_formula":112,"mindat_formula":112,"hmin":113,"hmax":11,"dmeas":114,"dcalc":115,"primary_image_id":11},28930,"Potassic-chloro-pargasite","KCa\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>(Mg\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>Al)(Si\u003Csub>6\u003C\u002Fsub>Al\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>)O\u003Csub>22\u003C\u002Fsub>Cl\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>",5.5,"3.29","3.35",{"id":117,"name":118,"entrytype":9,"csystem":40,"ima_formula":119,"mindat_formula":119,"hmin":52,"hmax":52,"dmeas":11,"dcalc":120,"primary_image_id":11},35789,"Potassic-ferro-pargasite","KCa\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>(Fe\u003Csup>2+\u003C\u002Fsup>\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>Al)(Si\u003Csub>6\u003C\u002Fsub>Al\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>)O\u003Csub>22\u003C\u002Fsub>(OH)\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>","3.34",{"id":122,"name":123,"entrytype":9,"csystem":40,"ima_formula":124,"mindat_formula":125,"hmin":126,"hmax":126,"dmeas":127,"dcalc":128,"primary_image_id":11},42094,"Potassic-fluoro-pargasite","KCa\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>(Mg\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>Al)Si\u003Csub>6\u003C\u002Fsub>Al\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>O\u003Csub>22\u003C\u002Fsub>F\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>","KCa\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>(Mg\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>Al)(Si\u003Csub>6\u003C\u002Fsub>Al\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>)O\u003Csub>22\u003C\u002Fsub>F\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>",6.5,"3.46 ","3.151 ",{"id":130,"name":131,"entrytype":9,"csystem":40,"ima_formula":132,"mindat_formula":132,"hmin":52,"hmax":126,"dmeas":133,"dcalc":47,"primary_image_id":11},7246,"Potassic-pargasite","KCa\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>(Mg\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>Al)(Si\u003Csub>6\u003C\u002Fsub>Al\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>)O\u003Csub>22\u003C\u002Fsub>(OH)\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>","3.25",{"id":135,"name":136,"entrytype":9,"csystem":40,"ima_formula":137,"mindat_formula":138,"hmin":52,"hmax":52,"dmeas":139,"dcalc":140,"primary_image_id":11},51951,"Vanadio-pargasite","NaCa\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>(Mg\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>V)(Si\u003Csub>6\u003C\u002Fsub>Al\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>)O\u003Csub>22\u003C\u002Fsub>(OH)\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>","NaCa\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>(Mg\u003Csup>3+\u003C\u002Fsup>\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>V)(Al\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>Si\u003Csub>6\u003C\u002Fsub>)O\u003Csub>22\u003C\u002Fsub>(OH)\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>","3.05","3.112",[],[143],{"id":135,"name":136,"entrytype":9,"csystem":40,"ima_formula":137,"mindat_formula":138,"hmin":52,"hmax":52,"dmeas":139,"dcalc":140,"primary_image_id":11},[145],{"id":146,"txt":147,"latitude":11,"longitude":11,"country":148},28943,"Pargas, Southwest Finland, Finland","Finland",395,[151,155,159,163,167,172,176,181,185,189,194,199,203,207,212,216,221],{"id":152,"year":153,"html":154,"doi":11},16119496,1814,"Steinheil F.(1814) Korrespondenz: Ueber den sogenannten Pargasit \u002F\u002F Taschenbuch für die gesammte Mineralogie mit Hinsicht auf die neuesten Entdeckungen \u002F за ред. Karl Cäsar von Leonhard — 1815. — Т. 9. — С. 301–308",{"id":156,"year":157,"html":158,"doi":11},16119498,1821,"Nordenskiöld, N., (1821). Mineralogische Beschreibung des Pargasits und Hornblende as Pargas, Journal für chemie und physik, Band 31, pp404-417",{"id":160,"year":161,"html":162,"doi":11},16027681,1969,"Majmundar, H. H. (1969) Pargasites from Madagascar. \u003Ci>The Canadian Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  10 (1) 97-100",{"id":164,"year":165,"html":166,"doi":11},16119491,1994,"Welch, M.D., Kolodziejski W., Klinowski, J. (1994) A multinuclear NMR study of synthetic pargasite. American Mineralogist: 79: 261-268.",{"id":168,"year":169,"html":170,"doi":171},152391,1996,"Robert, J.- L., Della Ventura, G., Hawthorne, F. C. (1996) Infrared characterization of (OH, F)-pargasites. \u003Ci>Physics and Chemistry of Minerals\u003C\u002Fi>,  23 (4) 307 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1007\u002Fbf00207780'>doi:10.1007\u002Fbf00207780\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1007\u002Fbf00207780",{"id":173,"year":174,"html":175,"doi":11},12909050,1998,"Mandarino, Joseph A. (1998) The Second List of Additions and Corrections to the Glossary of Mineral Species (1995) - The Amphibole Group. \u003Ci>The Mineralogical Record\u003C\u002Fi>, 29 (3) 169-174",{"id":177,"year":178,"html":179,"doi":180},127750,1999,"Tiepolo, Massimo, Zanetti, Alberto, Oberti, Roberta (1999) Detection, crystal-chemical mechanisms and petrological implications of [6]Ti4+ partitioning in pargasite and kaersutite. \u003Ci>European Journal of Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi>,  11 (2) 345-354 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1127\u002Fejm\u002F11\u002F2\u002F0345'>doi:10.1127\u002Fejm\u002F11\u002F2\u002F0345\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1127\u002Fejm\u002F11\u002F2\u002F0345",{"id":182,"year":183,"html":184,"doi":11},16966578,2001,"(2001) Pargasite. \u003Ci>Handbook of Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi>. Mineralogical Society of America \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fwww.handbookofmineralogy.org\u002Fpdfs\u002Fpargasite.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":186,"year":183,"html":187,"doi":188},63579,"Tait, K. T.; Hawthorne, F. C.; Ventura, G. D. (2001) Al-Mg disorder in a gem-quality pargasite from Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. \u003Ci>The Canadian Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  39 (6). 1725-1732 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.2113\u002Fgscanmin.39.6.1725'>doi:10.2113\u002Fgscanmin.39.6.1725\u003C\u002Fa> \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Frruff.info\u002Fdoclib\u002Fcm\u002Fvol39\u002FCM39_1725.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>","10.2113\u002Fgscanmin.39.6.1725",{"id":190,"year":191,"html":192,"doi":193},269363,2003,"Tsunogae, Toshiaki, Osanai, Yasuhito, Owada, Masaaki, Toyoshima, Tsuyoshi, Hokada, Tomokazu, Crowe, Warwick A (2003) High fluorine pargasites in ultrahigh temperature granulites from Tonagh Island in the Archean Napier Complex, East Antarctica. \u003Ci>Lithos\u003C\u002Fi>,  70 (1) 21-38 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1016\u002Fs0024-4937(03)00087-2'>doi:10.1016\u002Fs0024-4937(03)00087-2\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1016\u002Fs0024-4937(03)00087-2",{"id":195,"year":196,"html":197,"doi":198},64226,2006,"Hawthorne, F. C., Oberti, R. (2006) On the classification of amphiboles. \u003Ci>The Canadian Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  44 (1) 1-21 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.2113\u002Fgscanmin.44.1.1'>doi:10.2113\u002Fgscanmin.44.1.1\u003C\u002Fa>","10.2113\u002Fgscanmin.44.1.1",{"id":200,"year":196,"html":201,"doi":202},395524,"Ishida, K. (2006) Assignment of infrared OH-stretching bands in calcic amphiboles through deuteration and heat treatment. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  91 (5) 871-879 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.2138\u002Fam.2006.1774'>doi:10.2138\u002Fam.2006.1774\u003C\u002Fa>","10.2138\u002Fam.2006.1774",{"id":204,"year":205,"html":206,"doi":11},16119497,2007,"Schumacher, J. C. (2007). Metamorphic amphiboles: composition and coexistence. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, 67(1), 359-416.",{"id":208,"year":209,"html":210,"doi":211},396871,2012,"Halenius, U., Bosi, F. (2012) Cation ordering in Pb2+-bearing, Mn3+-rich pargasite from Langban, Sweden. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  97 (10) 1635-1640 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.2138\u002Fam.2012.4137'>doi:10.2138\u002Fam.2012.4137\u003C\u002Fa>","10.2138\u002Fam.2012.4137",{"id":213,"year":209,"html":214,"doi":215},396910,"Hawthorne, F. C., Oberti, R., Harlow, G. E., Maresch, W. V., Martin, R. F., Schumacher, J. C., Welch, M. D. (2012) Nomenclature of the amphibole supergroup. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  97 (11) 2031-2048 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.2138\u002Fam.2012.4276'>doi:10.2138\u002Fam.2012.4276\u003C\u002Fa> \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Frruff.info\u002Frruff_1.0\u002Fuploads\u002FAM97_2031.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>","10.2138\u002Fam.2012.4276",{"id":217,"year":218,"html":219,"doi":220},65267,2015,"Heaveysege, David; Abdu, Yassir A.; Hawthorne, Frank C. (2015) Long-range and short-range order in gem pargasite from Myanmar: crystal-structure refinement and infrared spectroscopy. \u003Ci>The Canadian Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  53 (3). 497-510 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.3749\u002Fcanmin.1400107'>doi:10.3749\u002Fcanmin.1400107\u003C\u002Fa>","10.3749\u002Fcanmin.1400107",{"id":222,"year":223,"html":224,"doi":225},245146,2019,"Day, Maxwell C., Hawthorne, Frank C., Susta, Umberto, Della Ventura, Giancarlo, Harlow, George E. (2019) Gem amphiboles from Mogok, Myanmar: crystal-structure refinement, infrared spectroscopy and short-range order–disorder in gem pargasite and fluoro-pargasite. \u003Ci>Mineralogical Magazine\u003C\u002Fi>,  83 (3) 361-371 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1180\u002Fmgm.2018.149'>doi:10.1180\u002Fmgm.2018.149\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1180\u002Fmgm.2018.149",[227,237,246,253,261,266,271,276,281,289,294,300,306,313,321,327,333,338,345,351,357,363,368,377,385,392,399,406,413,419,424,430,438,444,451,460,466],{"id":228,"source_url":229,"license_code":230,"credit_html":231,"title":232,"description":233,"author":234,"original_width":235,"original_height":236},4547,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10135859","CC BY-SA 3.0","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10135859\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Pargasite-60727.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPargasite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Pargasite\">Pargasite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FL%E1%BB%A5c_Y%C3%AAn_District\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Lục Yên District\">Luc Yen\u003C\u002Fa>, Yenbai (Yen Bai) Province, Vietnam (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-6947.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>These BIG pargasite(?) crystals [NOTE: not analysed, could be fluor-cannilloite, see \u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external free\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Fmesg-7-69925.html\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Fmesg-7-69925.html\u003C\u002Fa>] were found in association with the more familiar spinel crystals from this locality - they are quite remarkable in their prodigious size and nice grass-green color! 6.9 x 6.0 x 3.9cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Robert M. Lavinsky",600,539,{"id":238,"source_url":239,"license_code":230,"credit_html":240,"title":241,"description":242,"author":243,"original_width":244,"original_height":245},18786,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=5239897","Parent Géry, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=5239897\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Pargasite (Vietnam).jpg","crystals of pargasite, crystals of calcite :  Luc Yen Mine, Luc Yen, Yenbai (Yen Bai) Province, Vietnam","Parent Géry",4288,2848,{"id":247,"source_url":248,"license_code":249,"credit_html":250,"title":7,"description":11,"author":11,"original_width":251,"original_height":252},30419,"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F127759","CC BY-SA 4.0","Photo: Unknown author — http:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby-sa\u002F4.0\u002F, courtesy of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F127759\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Tartu, Natural History Museum\u003C\u002Fa> via Europeana",964,1000,{"id":254,"source_url":255,"license_code":256,"credit_html":257,"title":258,"description":259,"author":260,"original_width":244,"original_height":245},18787,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=5835532","Public domain","Géry PARENT, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=5835532\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Pargasite.jpg","pargasite : Allabad, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan","Géry PARENT",{"id":262,"source_url":263,"license_code":249,"credit_html":264,"title":7,"description":11,"author":11,"original_width":252,"original_height":265},30420,"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F128321","Photo: Unknown author — http:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby-sa\u002F4.0\u002F, courtesy of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F128321\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Tartu, Natural History Museum\u003C\u002Fa> via Europeana",784,{"id":267,"source_url":268,"license_code":230,"credit_html":269,"title":270,"description":242,"author":243,"original_width":244,"original_height":245},72770,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=5493327","Parent Géry, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=5493327\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Pargasite 2 (Vietnam).jpg",{"id":272,"source_url":273,"license_code":249,"credit_html":274,"title":7,"description":11,"author":11,"original_width":252,"original_height":275},30421,"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F164866","Photo: Unknown author — http:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby-sa\u002F4.0\u002F, courtesy of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F164866\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Tartu, Natural History Museum\u003C\u002Fa> via Europeana",771,{"id":277,"source_url":278,"license_code":230,"credit_html":279,"title":280,"description":242,"author":243,"original_width":244,"original_height":245},72771,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=5641315","Parent Géry, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=5641315\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Pargasite 3(Vietnam).jpg",{"id":282,"source_url":283,"license_code":230,"credit_html":284,"title":285,"description":286,"author":234,"original_width":287,"original_height":288},18789,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10473819","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10473819\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Pargasite-ww49b.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPargasite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Pargasite\">Pargasite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FGanesha\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Ganesha\">Ganesh\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FHunza_Valley\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Hunza Valley\">Hunza Valley\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FGilgit_District\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Gilgit District\">Gilgit District\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FGilgit-Baltistan\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Gilgit-Baltistan\">Northern Areas\u003C\u002Fa>, Pakistan (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-156944.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: thumbnail, 2 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Pargasite\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Superb single crystal of of Pargasite, 1.5 cm long, sitting beautifully on a matrix of white marble. The deep green color is fantastic, as it the luster and well-defined crystal form. Gram for gram, this doubly-terminated crystal is by far the best Pargasite I have ever come across for its sharpness and electric color.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",400,272,{"id":290,"source_url":291,"license_code":230,"credit_html":292,"title":293,"description":242,"author":243,"original_width":244,"original_height":245},72772,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=5641345","Parent Géry, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=5641345\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Pargasite 4(Vietnam).jpg",{"id":295,"source_url":296,"license_code":230,"credit_html":297,"title":298,"description":286,"author":234,"original_width":299,"original_height":235},18790,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10473820","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10473820\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Pargasite-ww49a.jpg",597,{"id":301,"source_url":302,"license_code":230,"credit_html":303,"title":304,"description":305,"author":243,"original_width":244,"original_height":245},18791,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=24561127","Parent Géry, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=24561127\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Pargasite 1.JPG","pargasite, calcite :  Luc Yen Mine, Luc Yen, Yenbai (Yen Bai) Province, Vietnam - crystals : 30 mm, 20 mm",{"id":307,"source_url":308,"license_code":230,"credit_html":309,"title":310,"description":311,"author":234,"original_width":287,"original_height":312},72775,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10170542","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10170542\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Pargasite-269854.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPargasite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Pargasite\">Pargasite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMogok\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mogok\">Mogok\u003C\u002Fa>, Pyin Oo Lwin District, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMandalay_Division\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mandalay Division\">Mandalay Division\u003C\u002Fa>, Burma (Myanmar) (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-24345.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 6.2 x 4 x 3.6 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>These came out in the late 1990s, labeled as being from China; and later it turns out that they came over the border from Burma. They are certainly the most beautiful known examples of this species, normally relegated to a rather dull, unattractive, dark-colored rock-former. This piece is striking, featuring a 1.8 cm crystal of superb color, lustre, and saturated green hue. It is of exceptional quality, compared to the common sort still available today when you can get it. Ex. Martin Zinn Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",318,{"id":314,"source_url":315,"license_code":230,"credit_html":316,"title":317,"description":318,"author":234,"original_width":319,"original_height":320},72777,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10429938","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10429938\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Pargasite-d06-230a.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPargasite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Pargasite\">Pargasite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Haramosh Mts., \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FGilgit_District\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Gilgit District\">Gilgit District\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FGilgit-Baltistan\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Gilgit-Baltistan\">Northern Areas\u003C\u002Fa>, Pakistan (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-156275.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: small cabinet, 6.2 x 5.7 x 4.6 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Pargasite\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>One of the more spectacular examples I have yet seen of the species for both size and color intensity, This piece features a sharp crystal, to just under an inch, of the most intense green color imaginable.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",800,696,{"id":322,"source_url":323,"license_code":230,"credit_html":324,"title":325,"description":326,"author":234,"original_width":287,"original_height":312},72778,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10441581","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10441581\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Pargasite-mrz224b.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPargasite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Pargasite\">Pargasite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMogok\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mogok\">Mogok\u003C\u002Fa>, Pyin Oo Lwin District, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMandalay_Division\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mandalay Division\">Mandalay Division\u003C\u002Fa>, Burma (Myanmar) (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-24345.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: small cabinet, 6.2 x 4 x 3.6 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Pargasite\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>These came out in the late 1990s, labeled as being from China; and later it turns out that they came over the border from Burma. They are certainly the most beautiful known examples of this species, normally relegated to a rather dull, unattractive, dark-colored rock-former. This piece is striking, featuring a 1.8 cm crystal of superb color, lustre, and saturated green hue. It is of exceptional quality, compared to the common sort still available today when you can get it. Ex. Martin Zinn Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",{"id":328,"source_url":329,"license_code":230,"credit_html":330,"title":331,"description":286,"author":234,"original_width":332,"original_height":287},72779,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10473815","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10473815\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Pargasite-ww49d.jpg",349,{"id":334,"source_url":335,"license_code":230,"credit_html":336,"title":337,"description":305,"author":243,"original_width":244,"original_height":245},72781,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=24159916","Parent Géry, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=24159916\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Pargasite.JPG",{"id":339,"source_url":340,"license_code":230,"credit_html":341,"title":342,"description":343,"author":234,"original_width":344,"original_height":235},4548,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10135898","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10135898\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Pargasite-60794.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPargasite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Pargasite\">Pargasite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FL%E1%BB%A5c_Y%C3%AAn_District\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Lục Yên District\">Luc Yen\u003C\u002Fa>, Yenbai (Yen Bai) Province, Vietnam (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-6947.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This is a super-rich specimen of the silicate pargasite, uncommon in good crystals, from the locality that is better known for its spinels (in fact, many from this find were in combination with spinel crystals). The crystals on this specimen are seamlessly intergrown, so it is hard to give a single-crystal size - but the large cluster measures over 4 cm. 15.1 x 6.1 x 6.0cm [NOTE: (probably) not analysed, could be fluor-cannilloite, see \u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external free\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Fmesg-7-69925.html\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Fmesg-7-69925.html\u003C\u002Fa>]\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",347,{"id":346,"source_url":347,"license_code":230,"credit_html":348,"title":349,"description":350,"author":243,"original_width":244,"original_height":245},24640,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=15585935","Parent Géry, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=15585935\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Anyolite, pargasite, rubis 3.jpg","crystals of zoisite var. anyolite, crystals of pargasite, crystals of corundum var. ruby : Mundarara Mine (Mdarara), Arusha Region, Tanzania",{"id":352,"source_url":353,"license_code":256,"credit_html":354,"title":355,"description":356,"author":260,"original_width":244,"original_height":245},18788,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=5835559","Géry PARENT, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=5835559\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Pargasite, calcite.jpg","pargasite, calcite : Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan",{"id":358,"source_url":359,"license_code":249,"credit_html":360,"title":361,"description":11,"author":11,"original_width":252,"original_height":362},30422,"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F128484","Photo: Unknown author — http:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby-sa\u002F4.0\u002F, courtesy of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F128484\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Tartu, Natural History Museum\u003C\u002Fa> via Europeana","Graphite",647,{"id":364,"source_url":365,"license_code":230,"credit_html":366,"title":367,"description":242,"author":243,"original_width":244,"original_height":245},72773,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=5722030","Parent Géry, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=5722030\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Pargasite sur calcite 5(Vietnam).jpg",{"id":108,"source_url":369,"license_code":370,"credit_html":371,"title":372,"description":373,"author":374,"original_width":375,"original_height":376},"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=107691350","CC BY 4.0","Ulf Hålenius, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=107691350\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Photomicrograph of a thin section showing mangani-pargasite.jpg","Photomicrograph of a thin section of the holotype specimen showing mangani-pargasite (Mn-prg) with numerous inclusions of hausmannite in a matrix of calcite (Cal), hausmannite (Hau) and forsterite (Fo). Transmitted, plane-polarized light. FOV=2.4 mm. \nThe image is published in an article licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License CC BY. To view a copy of this license, visit \u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external free\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby\u002F4.0\u002F\">https:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby\u002F4.0\u002F\u003C\u002Fa>","Ulf Hålenius",850,639,{"id":378,"source_url":379,"license_code":249,"credit_html":380,"title":381,"description":382,"author":260,"original_width":383,"original_height":384},18792,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=112662382","Géry PARENT, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=112662382\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Pargasite, calcite 1.jpg","pargasite, calcite : An Phu (Anfu), Lục Yên District, Yên Bái Province (Yênbái Province), Vietnam - pargasite : 24 mm",1971,1550,{"id":386,"source_url":387,"license_code":230,"credit_html":388,"title":389,"description":390,"author":234,"original_width":391,"original_height":235},72774,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10136296","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10136296\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Spinel-Pargasite-62430.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSpinel\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Spinel\">Spinel\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPargasite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Pargasite\">Pargasite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FL%E1%BB%A5c_Y%C3%AAn_District\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Lục Yên District\">Luc Yen\u003C\u002Fa>, Yenbai (Yen Bai) Province, Vietnam (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-6947.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A super-rich combo specimen from Vietnam, featuring an unusually large cluster of large, crudely-formed (which is typical) crystals of the relatively rare silicate pargasite - showing some nice faces, one of them 3 cm across. On top of the pargasite is a 5-cm deposit of maroon-colored, amorphous spinel. 14.8 x 7.5 x 6.2 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",331,{"id":393,"source_url":394,"license_code":230,"credit_html":395,"title":396,"description":397,"author":234,"original_width":235,"original_height":398},72776,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10175575","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10175575\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Spinel-Pargasite-Marble-66637.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSpinel\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Spinel\">Spinel\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPargasite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Pargasite\">Pargasite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMarble\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Marble\">marble\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FL%E1%BB%A5c_Y%C3%AAn_District\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Lục Yên District\">Luc Yen\u003C\u002Fa>, Yenbai (Yen Bai) Province, Vietnam (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-6947.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Another specimen of this rare combination from a small batch we got - this is the last of the combo pieces I believe. At any rate, it is amongst the most striking of them, in that the spinel is right on top of the pargasite (a rather rare silicate named for the type locality of Pargas, Finland), and both are perched and centered atop the marble matrix. It looks almost like one of those Renassiance wax seals, just a bit more 3-dimensional! 4.5 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",546,{"id":400,"source_url":401,"license_code":230,"credit_html":402,"title":403,"description":350,"author":243,"original_width":404,"original_height":405},24638,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=15585824","Parent Géry, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=15585824\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Anyolite, pargasite, rubis 1.jpg",4046,2735,{"id":407,"source_url":408,"license_code":230,"credit_html":409,"title":410,"description":350,"author":243,"original_width":411,"original_height":412},24639,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=15585863","Parent Géry, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=15585863\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Anyolite, pargasite, rubis 5.jpg",2984,2418,{"id":414,"source_url":415,"license_code":230,"credit_html":416,"title":417,"description":350,"author":243,"original_width":418,"original_height":245},72780,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=15585898","Parent Géry, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=15585898\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Anyolite, pargasite, rubis 6.jpg",3825,{"id":420,"source_url":421,"license_code":230,"credit_html":422,"title":423,"description":350,"author":243,"original_width":244,"original_height":245},24641,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=15585976","Parent Géry, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=15585976\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Anyolite, pargasite, rubis 2.jpg",{"id":425,"source_url":426,"license_code":230,"credit_html":427,"title":428,"description":429,"author":260,"original_width":244,"original_height":245},72782,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=24721019","Géry PARENT, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=24721019\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Rubis, pargasite 1.JPG","corundum var. ruby, pargasite : Aliabad, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan",{"id":431,"source_url":432,"license_code":249,"credit_html":433,"title":434,"description":435,"author":260,"original_width":436,"original_height":437},72783,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=39148417","Géry PARENT, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=39148417\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Pargasite, calcite 300.3.5466.jpg","parasite, calcite : Luc Yen Mine, Luc Yen, Yenbai (Yen Bai) Province, Vietnam",1981,1316,{"id":439,"source_url":440,"license_code":230,"credit_html":441,"title":442,"description":443,"author":234,"original_width":235,"original_height":398},4549,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10136380","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10136380\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Pargasite-Spinel-62834.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPargasite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Pargasite\">Pargasite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSpinel\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Spinel\">Spinel\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FL%E1%BB%A5c_Y%C3%AAn_District\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Lục Yên District\">Luc Yen\u003C\u002Fa>, Yenbai (Yen Bai) Province, Vietnam (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-6947.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A combo specimen from Vietnam, featuring an unusually sharp and euhedral 2-cm crystal of the relatively rare silicate pargasite - showing some nice faces, one of them 3 cm across. Right next to it in the marble matrix is a group of red spinel crystals! the associaiton is quite uncommon and beautiful. this is one of just a few we had 5.4 x 5.4 x 3.2 cm [NOTE: (probably) not analysed, could be fluor-cannilloite, see \u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external free\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Fmesg-7-69925.html\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Fmesg-7-69925.html\u003C\u002Fa>]\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",{"id":445,"source_url":446,"license_code":230,"credit_html":447,"title":448,"description":449,"author":234,"original_width":235,"original_height":450},4550,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10137460","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10137460\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Pargasite-70707.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPargasite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Pargasite\">Pargasite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FL%E1%BB%A5c_Y%C3%AAn_District\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Lục Yên District\">Luc Yen\u003C\u002Fa>, Yenbai (Yen Bai) Province, Vietnam (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-6947.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A rich specimen of the relatively rare silicate pargasite, from the same locality as the Vietnamese spinels, and on the same marble matrix. The green pargasite is in two separate sections measuring around 3.5 cm each. 8.1 x 7.0 x 4.7 cm [NOTE: (probably) not analysed, could be fluor-cannilloite, see \u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external free\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Fmesg-7-69925.html\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Fmesg-7-69925.html\u003C\u002Fa>]\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",535,{"id":452,"source_url":453,"license_code":230,"credit_html":454,"title":455,"description":456,"author":457,"original_width":458,"original_height":459},4551,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=14866768","Leon Hupperichs, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=14866768\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Pargasite-115671.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPargasite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Pargasite\">Pargasite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Lục Yên District, Yên Bái Province, Vietnam\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Field of view 10 mm. Labeled as Fluor-cannilloite but not confirmed by analysis, see mindat message \u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external free\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Fmesg-7-198029.html\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Fmesg-7-198029.html\u003C\u002Fa> Specimen and photo Leon Hupperichs.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Leon Hupperichs",781,584,{"id":91,"source_url":461,"license_code":249,"credit_html":462,"title":463,"description":464,"author":465,"original_width":319,"original_height":235},"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=109602224","掬茶, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=109602224\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Chromio-pargasite (Ehimeite) displayed at Mining Museum of Akita University.jpg","Chromio-pargasite (a.k.a. Ehimeite) exhibited at the Mining Museum of Akita University","掬茶",{"id":467,"source_url":468,"license_code":230,"credit_html":469,"title":470,"description":350,"author":243,"original_width":244,"original_height":245},24637,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=15585793","Parent Géry, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=15585793\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Anyolite, pargasite, rubis 4.jpg",[472,478,483,489,494],{"id":473,"url":474,"label":475,"formula":476,"spacegroup":477,"year":209},10437,"\u002Fcif\u002F10437.cif","Halenius 2012","Na1.8 Pb.134 K.06 Mg4.24 Mn.57 Fe.05 Al1.898 Ca1.93 Si6.372 O24 H2","C 1 2\u002Fm 1",{"id":479,"url":480,"label":481,"formula":482,"spacegroup":477,"year":183},10438,"\u002Fcif\u002F10438.cif","Tait 2001","O24 Si7.24 Al1.47 Mg4.15 Ti.06 Fe.08 Ca1.82 Na1.64 K.48 H2",{"id":484,"url":485,"label":486,"formula":487,"spacegroup":477,"year":488},10439,"\u002Fcif\u002F10439.cif","Oberti 2000 · O24 Si6 Al2.65 Fe1.35 Ti.45 Mg3.27 Ca3.61 Na1.33 H2","O24 Si6 Al2.65 Fe1.35 Ti.45 Mg3.27 Ca3.61 Na1.33 H2",2000,{"id":490,"url":491,"label":492,"formula":493,"spacegroup":477,"year":488},10440,"\u002Fcif\u002F10440.cif","Oberti 2000 · O24 Si5.92 Al2.78 Ti.6 Fe2.26 Mg2.16 Ca3.2 Na1.25 K.5 H2","O24 Si5.92 Al2.78 Ti.6 Fe2.26 Mg2.16 Ca3.2 Na1.25 K.5 H2",{"id":495,"url":496,"label":497,"formula":498,"spacegroup":477,"year":488},10441,"\u002Fcif\u002F10441.cif","Oberti 2000 · O23.98 F.02 Si6 Al2.7 Fe1.95 Ti.6 Mg2.47 Ca3.2 Na1.36 K.38 H2","O23.98 F.02 Si6 Al2.7 Fe1.95 Ti.6 Mg2.47 Ca3.2 Na1.36 K.38 H2",[500],"Pargasitic hornblende",[502,506,510,514,518,521,525,529,533,536,540,544,548,552,556,559,564],{"lang":503,"names":504},"az",[505],"Parqasit",{"lang":507,"names":508},"ca",[509],"pargasita",{"lang":511,"names":512},"de",[513],"Pargasit",{"lang":515,"names":516},"es",[517],"Pargasita",{"lang":519,"names":520},"eu",[517],{"lang":522,"names":523},"fa",[524],"پارگاسیت",{"lang":526,"names":527},"fi",[528],"Pargasiitti",{"lang":530,"names":531},"fr",[532],"pargasite",{"lang":534,"names":535},"it",[532],{"lang":537,"names":538},"nl",[539],"pargasiet",{"lang":541,"names":542},"pl",[543],"Pargasyt",{"lang":545,"names":546},"sr",[547],"паргасит",{"lang":549,"names":550},"ta",[551],"பர்காசைட்டு",{"lang":553,"names":554},"uk",[555],"Паргасит",{"lang":557,"names":558},"vi",[513],{"lang":560,"names":561},"zh",[562,563],"韭閃石","韭闪石",{"lang":565,"names":566},"zh-tw",[562],"Q2056968",{"history":11,"applications":11}]