Dave Douglass Mineralogical Analysis

Dr. Dave Douglass

Dear Ron:
The piece you sent me was analyzed by X-ray energy dispersive analysis (EDX) in the scanning electron microscope. This does not detect the light elements such as oxygen. However, the cations detected are listed on the attached sheet. Both the black areas and green were analyzed. The atomic percents (a/o) suggest the following formula allowing for the fact that many foreign elements exist in minerals and that there are numerous solid-solution series. In other words, you hardly ever find the pure thing.
Black regions: (A1,Fe,K) 3Si70?
Green (Na,A1,Fe,K) 5Si50?
Note that there is no Mg and only a trace of Ca in the green areas
(1.55 a/o), thus we can pretty much rule out nephrite, a compact version of actinolite having the
Ca2 (Mg, Fe) 5Si8022(OH)2
However, Jadeite, a member of the pyroxene group has the formula: (Na, Al, Fe) Si206

This is a much better fit to your EDX results. Schumann (Rocks, Minerals and Gemstones, Houghton Mifflin, Boston 1993, page 168) state that chloromelanite is a green to black flecked variety of jadeite. Chlrome1anite is not listed in the Mineral Glossary or in Roberts, et a1. Encyclopedia of Minerals.
The appropriate pages from Schumman are enclosed.

"Jadeite, a member of the pyroxene group has the formula: (NA, AL, FE) SI₂ 0₆.
This is a much better fit to your X-ray energy dispersive analysis (EDX) results.
In conclusion I think it is Jadeite, and perhaps the special version Chloromelanite."

Dr. Dave Douglass

Douglass minerals
Retired mineralogical researcher UCLA.

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"Your specimen is nephrite, a variety of jade. To determine
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about a central core.”

...and afterwards by phone they said their conclusion of Nephrite was in error and then said “We have never seen this type stone and cannot figure out what it is and where it came from.”

Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History
Rock and Ore Collection
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Dr. Dave Douglass

Douglass minerals
Retired mineralogical researcher UCLA.

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"It is a fresh and Unusual alkalik volcanic rock predominantly composed of the four minerals Quartz, Anorthoclase, Riebeckite and Aegirine. The light green spherules you see in the stone composed of radiating fibers are Riebeckite needles mantled with fine grained Aegirine. The darker matrix is richer in Riebeckite and also contains more Quartz.”

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                                                          Consulting Petrographer. Globo De Plomo
                                                        Co-Author of Mineralogy of Arizona
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