Tags: Chemical Substance, Mineral.

Crossite is an inosilicate double chain sodic amphibole and is a rare silicate mineral belonging to the riebeckite group. It is considered an intermediate between the amphiboles glaucophane and magnesioriebeckite which form a series. IMA status: discredited 1997.Crossite is named after Charles Whitman Cross an American USGS petrologist.

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