Abstract
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 Results for 57 probe analyses are compared with an unpublished BASIC program, which uses a different Fe-reallocation method.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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