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A FORTRAN Program for tabulating and naming amphibole analyses according to the International Mineralogical Association Scheme

Ein FORTRAN-Programm zum tabellieren und benennen von amphibolanalysen entsprechend dem Schema der International Mineralogical Association

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Amphibole analyses input to program AMPHTAB (optionally with H2O, F, Cl, minor elements and one or both of Fe2O3, FeO), are output in conventional column tables, with formula units, complete IMA names, and extensive messages indicating the quality of each analysis. AMPHTAB accepts data-files ranging from a single amphibole analysis to (in principle) unlimited batched data-e.g., multiple analyses from each of numerous probe sections. Options are provided to reallocate total Fe in probe data between Fe3 and Fe2, to allow for common analytical problems (e.g., low H2O values), and to enable the number of oxygens in the formula unit to be either preset or assigned automatically. Results for 57 probe analyses are compared with an unpublished BASIC program, which uses a different Fe-reallocation method. Three-quarters of the IMA names resulting from the two programs are essentially identical, despite somewhat different estimated formula units. The remainder are borderline cases, where incidental changes in formula units effect disproportionate differences in name.

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In das Programm eingegebene Amphibolanalysen (wahlweise mit H2O, F, Cl, Spurenelementen und Fe2O3, und/oder FeO), werden in Form herkömmlicher Spaltentabellen mit den Formeleinheiten, vollständigen IMA-Namen und ausführlichen Bemerkungen bezüglich der Analysenqualität ausgegeben. Das AMPHTAB-Programm verarbeitet Datensätze von einer einzigen Amphibolanalyse bis zu (im Prinzip) unbegrenzten Datenblöcken; z. B. Mehrfachanalysen eines Probenabschnittes von mehreren. Es sind die Möglichkeiten vorgesehen, das Gesamteisen in einer Analyse in die Fe3 und Fe2-Anteile umzurechnen, allgemeine analytische Probleme (z. B. niedrige H2O-Gehalte) zu lösen und die Anzahl der Sauerstoffatome in der Formeleinheit entweder vorzugeben oder automatisch setzen zu lassen. Die Resultate von 57 Mikrosonden-Analysen sind mit einem unveröffentlichten BASICProgramm, das eine andere Methode zur Aufteilung des Fe-Gehaltes benutzt, verglichen worden. Drei Viertel der von den beiden Programmen vorgeschlagenen Mineralnamen sind identisch, trotz einiger unterschiedlich berechneter Formeleinheiten. Die übrigen 25% sind Grenzfälle, bei denen zufällige Veränderungen in den Formeleinheiten unverhältnismäßige Unterschiede in der Benennung bewirkten.

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Rock, N.M.S. A FORTRAN Program for tabulating and naming amphibole analyses according to the International Mineralogical Association Scheme. Mineralogy and Petrology 37, 79–88 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01163159

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