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Figure 2: Portion of the idealized structure of olivine projected perpendicular to the a axis showing the positions of the M1 and M2 octahedral sites.

Figure 15: Schematic cross section illustrating the shell structure of the Earth.

Figure 14: Various structural linkage schemes in silicates.

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olivine: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

W.A. Deer, R.A. Howie, and J. Zussman, Rock-forming Minerals, 5 vol. (1962–63), with a 2nd ed. in progress (1978– ); Manual of Mineralogy (after James D. Dana), 20th ed. by Cornelis Klein and Cornelius S. Hurlbut, Jr. (1985); J.J. Papike and M. Cameron, “Crystal Chemistry of Silicate Minerals of Geophysical Interest,” Reviews of Geophysics and Space Physics, 14(1):37–80 (1976); and Paul H. Ribbe (ed.), Orthosilicates, 2nd ed. (1982).

William B. Simmons

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William B. Simmons
Cecil Edgar Tilley
Professor of Mineralogy and Petrology, University of Cambridge, 1931–61. World authority on igneous petrology.

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Description	Contributor	Date
Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Climate - Kinetics of Olivine Weathering in Seawater: An Experimental Study.	Gloria Lotha	Nov 28, 2024
Add new Web site: BMC Energy, Sustainability and Society - Olivine: a supergreen fuel.	Aakanksha Gaur	Oct 04, 2024
Add new Web site: CORE - Olivine for Soil Stabilization.	Gloria Lotha	Jun 06, 2024
Add new Web site: Geosciences LibreTexts - Olivine Group Minerals.	Gloria Lotha	Sep 22, 2023
Add new Web site: Geology.com - Olivine.	Gloria Lotha	Jul 30, 2023
Add new Web site: University of Minnesota - Common Minerals - Olivine Group.	Gloria Lotha	Jun 06, 2023
Added new Web site: Amethyst Galleries - The Olivine Group.	Gloria Lotha	Jun 04, 2008
Added new Web site: Amethyst Galleries - The Mineral Olivine.	Gloria Lotha	Jun 04, 2008
Added new Web site: Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery - The Mineral Olivine.	Shiveta Singh	Jan 21, 2008
Added new Web site: Hyperphysics - Olivine.	Shiveta Singh	Jan 21, 2008
Added new Web site: Mineralogy Database - Olivine Mineral Data.	Shiveta Singh	Jan 21, 2008
Added new Web site: Mindat - Olivine Group.	Shiveta Singh	Jan 21, 2008
Added new Web site: Minerals.net - The Olivine Minerals Series.	Shiveta Singh	Jan 21, 2008
Added new Web site: Planetary Science Research Discoveries - Olivine on Mars.	Shiveta Singh	Jan 21, 2008
Article revised and updated.	John P. Rafferty	Dec 08, 2006
Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 26, 1999