actinolite
actinolite A member of the
amphiboles, *Ca
2(Mg,Fe)
5[Si
4O
11]
12(OH,F)
2 with the ratio Fe/Fe + Mg = 0.9 to 0.5, belonging to the
tremolite-*
ferroactinolite series of Carich amphiboles; sp. gr. 3.0–3.4;
hardness 5–6;
monoclinic; light greenish-grey to dark green; white
streak;
vitreous lustre; habit
acicular, often fibrous and felted;
cleavage prismatic, good {110}; occurs widely in low- to medium-grade
schists and some
igneous rocks. The asbestiform variety is called
nephrite and such felted forms were used in the past for insulation and fire-resistant materials, but the development of asbestosis in workers has severely restricted their use.
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Businessman here buys Abadan Reprographics
Magazine article from: Journal of Business; 2/13/1997; ; 514 words
; Abadan Reprographics, a longtime Spokane copy service and seller of...to the owner of Northwest Microfilm Inc., also of Spokane. Abadan Reprographics is a unit of Abadan Inc., which also operates Abadan Event Services, the producer...
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ABADAN-MAHSHAHR PIPELINE IN IRAN CAUGHT FIRE.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 1/21/2002; 478 words
; ABADAN, Khuzestan Prov, Jan 21 Asia Pulse - The...pipeline transferring mazut residue oil between Abadan and Mahshahr in this south Iranian province...noon Friday was five kms to the south of Abadan and a large quantity of mazut was ruined...
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ABADAN OIL REFINERY PLANT UNDER RECONSTRUCTION: OIL MINISTER.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 12/21/2006; 700+ words
; ABADAN, Dec 21 Asia Pulse - Oil Minister Seyed...speaking to reporters here, said that the Abadan Oil Refinery Plant was undergoing reconstruction...projects were on line for implementation in Abadan such as commissioning of a second refinery...
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Abadan and Isfahan refineries.(Iran)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Saudi Economic Survey; 8/31/2009; 700+ words
; Project Location : Abadan and Isfahan, Iran Details : Iran will issue $600 million in bonds to finance Abadan and Isfahan refineries' development projects...bonds to finance the development plan of Abadan refinery in two weeks and another $300...
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IRAN'S ABADAN OIL INDUSTRY MUST BE GIVEN ATTENTION: EXPERTS.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 5/11/2000; 486 words
; ABADAN, Iran, May 11 Asia Pulse - Highlighting...believe. They regret the fact that the Abadan Refinery, once the biggest of its kind...recovered its original greatness. "If the Abadan Refinery reverts to its original status...
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Iran Feverishly Rebuilds Its Petroleum Industry;Giant Abadan Refinery Brought Back to Life
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 6/7/1991; ; 700+ words
; ...installations and bridges were left in ruins. Abadan and nearby Khorramshahr, the main cities...dead palm trees and strewn wreckage of Abadan like a grotesque monument to the petroleum...defiance of predictions, the workers of the Abadan refinery have brought it, and their city...
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ABADAN PORT IN IRAN LOADS 4% MORE GOODS OVER TWO YEAR PERIOD.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 8/27/2002; 402 words
; ABADAN, Aug 27, Asia Pulse - 91,660 tons of oil and non-oil goods were moved at Abadan Port in the southern Iranian province of Khuzestan...year (starting March 21, 2002). Head of the Abadan Ports and Shipping Department, Hedayatollah...
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KHATAMI INAUGURATES ABADAN POWER PLANT.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 5/25/2004; 697 words
; ABADAN, Khuzestan Prov, May 25 Asia Pulse - President...power generation. The president noted that Abadan power plant would play a key role in the...progress. The gas-operating power plant in Abadan, with a nominal capacity of 493.6 Megawatts...
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Iran to rebuild Abadan oil refinery. (International Update)
Newspaper article from: The Oil Daily; 3/18/1991; 602 words
; Iran to Rebuild Abadan Oil Refinery NICOSIA -- Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said the Abadan oil refinery, the world's largest before...its first barrel of crude oil in 1911. "Abadan and Khorramshahr cannot return to prosperity...
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ABADAN REFINERY TO INCREASE PRODUCTION
Newspaper article from: Info-Prod Research (Middle East); 5/25/2005; 271 words
; ...studies of constructing a new refinery in Abadan, Khuzestan Province, would be completed...the project commissioner of renovating Abadan Refinery, Mohammad-Reza Musavi, said...first phase of the project, renovating Abadan Refinery, would be completed by June...
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Abadan
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
ABADAN a city with large oil refineries and an...khuzistan in southwest iran. The island of Abadan is 40 miles long and from 2 to 12 miles...world's largest refineries by the 1960s. Abadan's population grew with its economic development...
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Civil Code of 1926
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
...1923); ottoman empire; shari ʿ a; turkish grand national assembly. Bibliography Ansay, Turgul, and Wallace, Don, Jr. Introduction to Turkish Law. The Hague and Boston: Kluwer Law International, 1996. Nermin Abadan-Unat
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Milli Görüs Hareketi
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
...contacts with Turkish workers in Germany. see also erbakan, necmeddin. Bibliography Yavuz, M. Hakan. Islamic Political Identity in Turkey. Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 2003. nermin abadan-unat updated by m. hakan yavuz
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National Salvation Party
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
...Politicization of Islam in a Secular State: The NSP in Turkey." In From Nationalism to Revolutionary Islam, edited by Said Arjomand. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1984. nermin abadan-unat updated by eric hooglund
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State Planning Organization (SPO)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
...Perspectives on Turkey, 4 (1990): 1 – 30. Pamuk, Ş evket, and Owen, Roger. A History of the Middle East Economies in the Twentieth Century. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1998. nermin abadan-unat
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