Humite (mineral group)

The humite group is a group of nesosilicates with the general formula An(SiO4)m(F,OH)2. When A is predominantly magnesium we have the humite subgroup: * norbergite, Mg3(SiO4)(F,OH)2 * chondrodite, (Mg,Fe,Ti)5(SiO4)2(F,OH,O)2 * humite, (Mg,Fe)7(SiO4)3(F,OH)2 * clinohumite, (Mg,Fe)9(SiO4)4(F,OH)2 The manganese-humite subgroup has members * alleghanyite, (Mn2+)5(SiO4)2(OH,F)2 * , (Mn,Mg)7(SiO4)3(OH)2 * sonolite, Mn9(SiO4)4(F,OH)2 and the leucophoenicite subgroup has members * , Mn5(SiO4)2(OH)2 * leucophoenicite, (Mn,Ca,Mg,Zn)(SiO4)3(OH)2 * jerrygibbsite (Mn,Zn)9(SiO4)4(OH)2

Humite (mineral group)

The humite group is a group of nesosilicates with the general formula An(SiO4)m(F,OH)2. When A is predominantly magnesium we have the humite subgroup: * norbergite, Mg3(SiO4)(F,OH)2 * chondrodite, (Mg,Fe,Ti)5(SiO4)2(F,OH,O)2 * humite, (Mg,Fe)7(SiO4)3(F,OH)2 * clinohumite, (Mg,Fe)9(SiO4)4(F,OH)2 The manganese-humite subgroup has members * alleghanyite, (Mn2+)5(SiO4)2(OH,F)2 * , (Mn,Mg)7(SiO4)3(OH)2 * sonolite, Mn9(SiO4)4(F,OH)2 and the leucophoenicite subgroup has members * , Mn5(SiO4)2(OH)2 * leucophoenicite, (Mn,Ca,Mg,Zn)(SiO4)3(OH)2 * jerrygibbsite (Mn,Zn)9(SiO4)4(OH)2