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Name and first discovery : Named in 1876 by Charles Upham Shepard in honor of the wealthy American mineral collector James Tyler Ames (1810-1883), who owned the type locality, the Chester Emery Mines.
Chemistry : Several polytypes are known: 2H1, 2H2, 6R and others.
Abbreviation : Ame
Twins in amesite are formed by the combination of 3 triclinic rhombohedra, which are then stacked on top of each other.
literature
Dana, J. D., & Dana, E. S. (1892). The system of mineralogy of James Dwight Dana, 1837-1868: descriptive mineralogy . J. Wiley & sons.
