Bowlingite - Ca0,25(Mg,Fe)3((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2* nH2O

Bowlingite is an obsolete name for saponite (from Latin, "sap" = soap, alluding to its greasy or soapy feel and appearance). Bowlingite is a mixture of smectite, quartz, chlorite, serperntine, talc. The formation of iddingsite or bowlingite depends on O2 fugacity.

Bibliography



• Cox et al. (1979): The Interpretation of Igneous Rocks, George Allen and Unwin, London.
• Howie, R. A., Zussman, J., & Deer, W. (1992). An introduction to the rock-forming minerals (p. 696). Longman.
• Le Maitre, R. W., Streckeisen, A., Zanettin, B., Le Bas, M. J., Bonin, B., Bateman, P., & Lameyre, J. (2002). Igneous rocks. A classification and glossary of terms, 2. Cambridge University Press.
• Middlemost, E. A. (1986). Magmas and magmatic rocks: an introduction to igneous petrology.
• Shelley, D. (1993). Igneous and metamorphic rocks under the microscope: classification, textures, microstructures and mineral preferred-orientations.
• Vernon, R. H. & Clarke, G. L. (2008): Principles of Metamorphic Petrology. Cambridge University Press.


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Olivine crystal with fractures filled by Bowlingite. PPL image, 2x (Field of view = 7mm)
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Olivine crystal with fractures filled by Bowlingite. XPL image, 2x (Field of view = 7mm)
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Olivine crystal with fractures filled by Bowlingite. PPL image, 10x (Field of view = 2mm)
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Olivine crystal with fractures filled by Bowlingite. XPL image, 10x (Field of view = 2mm)
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Olivine crystal with fractures filled by Bowlingite. at the center of the fracture is present carbonate (Serpentine + CO2 = Talc + Magnesite). PPL image, 10x (Field of view = 2mm)
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Olivine crystal with fractures filled by Bowlingite. at the center of the fracture is present carbonate (Serpentine + CO2 = Talc + Magnesite). XPL image, 10x (Field of view = 2mm)
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Olivine crystal with fractures filled by Bowlingite. XPL image, 10x (Field of view = 2mm)
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Olivine crystal with fractures filled by Bowlingite. at the center of the fracture is present carbonate (Serpentine + CO2 = Talc + Magnesite). PPL image, 10x (Field of view = 2mm)
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Olivine crystal with fractures filled by Bowlingite. at the center of the fracture is present carbonate (Serpentine + CO2 = Talc + Magnesite). XPL image, 10x (Field of view = 2mm)
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Olivine crystal with fractures filled by Bowlingite. XPL image, 10x (Field of view = 2mm)
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Olivine crystal with fractures filled by Bowlingite. at the center of the fracture is present carbonate (Serpentine + CO2 = Talc + Magnesite). PPL image, 10x (Field of view = 2mm)
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Olivine crystal with fractures filled by Bowlingite. at the center of the fracture is present carbonate (Serpentine + CO2 = Talc + Magnesite). XPL image, 10x (Field of view = 2mm)
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Olivine crystal with fractures filled by Bowlingite. XPL image, 10x (Field of view = 2mm)
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Olivine crystal with fractures filled by Bowlingite. PPL image, 10x (Field of view = 2mm)
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Olivine crystal with fractures filled by Bowlingite. XPL image, 10x (Field of view = 2mm)
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Olivine crystal with fractures filled by Bowlingite. PPL image, 2x (Field of view = 7mm)
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Olivine crystal with fractures filled by Bowlingite. PPL image, 2x (Field of view = 7mm)
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Olivine crystal with fractures filled by Bowlingite. XPL image, 2x (Field of view = 7mm)
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Olivine crystal with fractures filled by Bowlingite. PPL image, 10x (Field of view = 2mm)
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Olivine crystal with fractures filled by Bowlingite. PPL image, 10x (Field of view = 2mm)
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Olivine crystal with fractures filled by Bowlingite. XPL image, 10x (Field of view = 2mm)
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Pseudomorphosed olivine crystals by Bowlingite. PPL image, 2x (Field of view = 7mm)
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Pseudomorphosed olivine crystals by Bowlingite. XPL image, 2x (Field of view = 7mm)
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Pseudomorphosed olivine crystals by Bowlingite. PPL image, 2x (Field of view = 7mm)
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Pseudomorphosed olivine crystals by Bowlingite. PPL image, 2x (Field of view = 7mm)
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Pseudomorphosed olivine crystals by Bowlingite. XPL image, 2x (Field of view = 7mm)
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Pseudomorphosed olivine crystals by Bowlingite. PPL image, 10x (Field of view = 2mm)
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Pseudomorphosed olivine crystal by Bowlingite. PPL image, 2x (Field of view = 7mm)
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Pseudomorphosed olivine crystal by Bowlingite. XPL image, 2x (Field of view = 7mm)
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Pseudomorphosed olivine crystals by Bowlingite. PPL image, 2x (Field of view = 7mm)
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Olivine altered by Bowlingite. XPL image, 2x (Field of view = 7mm)
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Olivine altered by Bowlingite. PPL image, 2x (Field of view = 7mm)
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Olivine altered by Bowlingite. XPL image, 2x (Field of view = 7mm)
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Olivine altered by Bowlingite. PPL image, 2x (Field of view = 7mm)
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Olivine altered by Bowlingite. XPL image, 2x (Field of view = 7mm)
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Olivine altered by Bowlingite and magnetite. PPL image, 10x (Field of view = 2mm)
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Olivine altered by Bowlingite and magnetite. XPL image, 10x (Field of view = 2mm)
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Olivine altered by Bowlingite and magnetite. PPL image, 10x (Field of view = 2mm)
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Olivine altered by Bowlingite and magnetite. PPL image, 10x (Field of view = 2mm)