{ "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-12T09:57:38Z", "providers": [ "Codex" ], "breadth": "recalled by Codex without web access - no source was read", "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "seconds": 21.3, "error": "Reading additional input from stdin...\nOpenAI Codex v0.153.4\n--------\nworkdir: R:\\02_PROJECTS\\02_Meta_Models_Platforms\\Ver.cy\\current\\thing-registry-backlog\nmodel: gpt-6-astra\nprovider: openai\napproval: never\nsandbox: read-only\nreasoning effort: none\nreasoning summaries: none\nsession id: 01a0950c-013a-7dc3-b7d6-d852801470f6\n--------\nuser\nDescribe what is already known about one registered thing. 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Reference: [Handbook of Mineralogy: Gedrite](https://www.handbookofmineralogy.org/pdfs/gedrite.pdf)." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Mineral identity determination", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "provisional | supported | disputed | rejected; nomenclature reference and date", "why_it_matters": "A historical gedrite label may require reassessment under a different naming scheme." }, { "name": "Grain composition", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "oxide wt%; analytical totals, uncertainty, and spot locations", "why_it_matters": "Separates mineral chemistry from host-rock bulk chemistry and reveals zoning or contamination." }, { "name": "Calculated amphibole formula", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "atoms per formula unit; normalization basis and site-allocation assumptions", "why_it_matters": "Makes the chemical basis of a gedrite assignment reviewable." }, { "name": "Iron oxidation-state constraint", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "measured | estimated | unconstrained; method and Fe2+/Fe3+ allocation", "why_it_matters": "Uncertain iron allocation can affect formula calculation and mineral naming." }, { "name": "Crystal symmetry", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "orthorhombic supported | incompatible | unresolved", "why_it_matters": "Tests a defining structural distinction from monoclinic amphiboles." }, { "name": "Gedrite phase fraction", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "mass% or volume%, explicitly distinguished; method and uncertainty", "why_it_matters": "Describes mineralogical purity without confusing it with elemental composition." }, { "name": "Grain morphology", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "bladed | prismatic | fibrous | mixed | unresolved; imaging evidence", "why_it_matters": "Guides sampling and flags whether particle characterization is needed." }, { "name": "Intergrowth and replacement relationships", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "associated phase, contact type, spatial scale, and linked image", "why_it_matters": "Identifies analyses that may combine phases and records loss of original gedrite." }, { "name": "Particle dimensions", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "length and width in µm; aspect ratio and measurement protocol", "why_it_matters": "Supports assessment of the actual material form before dust-generating work." } ], "affordances": [ "Assign or revise a gedrite identification using linked chemical and structural evidence.", "Select homogeneous grain regions for analysis while avoiding intergrowths and replacement rims.", "Compare compositions across grains and cores or rims to detect meaningful variability.", "Estimate gedrite abundance and identify accompanying phases in a specimen.", "Choose further diffraction, microanalysis, or particle imaging to resolve a specific uncertainty.", "Assess whether a proposed preparation step requires additional morphology or exposure evidence." ], "agent_conduct": { "may": [ "Identify a specimen as gedrite from documented analysis and metamorphic setting.", "Distinguish it from anthophyllite and other amphiboles using analytical data." ], "must_not": [ "Label an amphibole as gedrite without analysis.", "Recommend grinding, cutting or breaking fibrous amphibole material without dust control.", "Present a fibrous specimen as safe to handle without checking for asbestiform habit.", "Invent or alter a specimen's locality." ], "requires_human": [ "Working or crushing amphibole-bearing rock.", "Collecting at sites that may be protected or privately owned." ] }, "ethics": { "considerations": [ "Some amphiboles occur as fibres that cause serious lung disease, so handling needs care.", "Misidentified minerals mislead geological research." ], "affected_parties": [ "Collectors and workers", "Researchers", "People near crushed rock" ] }, "owners": { "steward": "The collector or museum that holds the specimen.", "master_systems": [ "Museum mineral collection catalogues", "Mineral species databases" ] }, "visual_identification": [ "Brown, grey or greenish prismatic or bladed crystals in metamorphic rocks.", "Two cleavages typical of amphiboles.", "Separation from related amphiboles needs chemical analysis." ], "failure_modes_and_hazards": [ "Fibrous dust released from crushing or cutting.", "Confusion with anthophyllite." ], "standards_and_regulation": [ "Mineral nomenclature approved by the Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification, International Mineralogical Association." ], "what_it_is_for": [ "Gedrite is encountered in metamorphic rocks, geological collections and mineralogical laboratory samples.", "Geologists study its composition and associated minerals to interpret metamorphic conditions and rock history.", "Its identification supports geological mapping, petrographic description and research into amphibole mineral chemistry." ] }, "sources": [ { "id": "wikidata", "title": "Wikidata item Q2252659: gedrite", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2252659", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api" }, { "id": "wikipedia-en", "title": "Wikipedia: Gedrite", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gedrite", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "general description of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "gedrite-identity-boundaries", "name": "Gedrite identity boundaries", "description": "Establish what the gedrite name denotes for the material being assessed.", "rationale": "Amphibole naming depends on chemistry and structure, and inherited labels may use older conventions.", "layers": [ { "id": "nomenclature-and-registry", "name": "Nomenclature and registry", "description": "Connect the registered concept to a documented mineral determination.", "findings": [ { "id": "versioned-gedrite-assignment", "name": "Versioned gedrite assignment", "description": "Preserve the original label alongside the assessed identity and its naming authority.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which mineral nomenclature publication and version define gedrite for this determination?", "kind": "definition", "id": "versioned-gedrite-assignment-q01" }, { "text": "Who assigned the specimen's original name, and what analytical evidence accompanied it?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "versioned-gedrite-assignment-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "neighbouring-amphiboles", "name": "Neighbouring amphiboles", "description": "Test the alternatives most likely to change the mineral assignment.", "findings": [ { "id": "chemical-and-symmetry-boundaries", "name": "Chemical and symmetry boundaries", "description": "Treat anthophyllite, ferro-gedrite, and monoclinic amphiboles as explicit identification alternatives.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which measured compositional criteria separate this grain from anthophyllite and ferro-gedrite under the selected scheme?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "chemical-and-symmetry-boundaries-q01" }, { "text": "What structural evidence excludes a monoclinic amphibole interpretation?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "chemical-and-symmetry-boundaries-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "gedrite-composition-and-sites", "name": "Gedrite composition and sites", "description": "Record the grain chemistry and assumptions underlying a structural formula.", "rationale": "A bulk analysis or simplified formula cannot establish the identity of every amphibole grain.", "layers": [ { "id": "spatially-resolved-chemistry", "name": "Spatially resolved chemistry", "description": "Keep analytical results attached to identifiable regions of individual grains.", "findings": [ { "id": "representative-grain-analysis", "name": "Representative grain analysis", "description": "Separate genuine compositional variation from beam overlap, inclusions, and analytical limitations.", "questions": [ { "text": "What are the measured Si, Al, Mg, Fe, Na, Ca, and other detected constituent concentrations, with totals and uncertainties?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "representative-grain-analysis-q01" }, { "text": "Do analytical spots sample homogeneous gedrite, zoned regions, inclusions, or adjacent phases?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "representative-grain-analysis-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "formula-and-site-allocation", "name": "Formula and site allocation", "description": "Expose the calculations connecting analytical chemistry to amphibole classification.", "findings": [ { "id": "auditable-formula-calculation", "name": "Auditable formula calculation", "description": "Record normalization, iron valence, aluminium allocation, and anion assumptions without presenting estimates as direct observations.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which normalization and site-allocation procedure converts the analysis to an amphibole formula?", "kind": "definition", "id": "auditable-formula-calculation-q01" }, { "text": "Which Fe-valence and OH, F, or Cl quantities were measured, estimated, or left unconstrained?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "auditable-formula-calculation-q02" }, { "text": "Would plausible alternative assumptions change the gedrite assignment?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "auditable-formula-calculation-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "gedrite-structure-and-texture", "name": "Gedrite structure and texture", "description": "Link crystallographic identity to the observed mineral fabric.", "rationale": "Chemically similar amphiboles and fine intergrowths require evidence beyond a specimen label.", "layers": [ { "id": "structural-confirmation", "name": "Structural confirmation", "description": "Assess whether diffraction and microscopy support the same phase identification.", "findings": [ { "id": "orthorhombic-phase-evidence", "name": "Orthorhombic phase evidence", "description": "Gedrite is reported as orthorhombic, with space group Pnma; use this as a reference to test specimen data. Reference: [Handbook of Mineralogy: Gedrite](https://www.handbookofmineralogy.org/pdfs/gedrite.pdf).", "questions": [ { "text": "Which indexed diffraction observations support an orthorhombic gedrite phase?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "orthorhombic-phase-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "Are structural measurements linked to the chemically analysed grain or to a potentially mixed powder?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "orthorhombic-phase-evidence-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "intergrowths-and-alteration", "name": "Intergrowths and alteration", "description": "Describe phase contacts, internal heterogeneity, and preservation of gedrite.", "findings": [ { "id": "gedrite-domain-integrity", "name": "Gedrite domain integrity", "description": "Distinguish intact gedrite domains from intergrown amphiboles and replacement products.", "questions": [ { "text": "What images or maps establish the size and continuity of compositionally distinct domains?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "gedrite-domain-integrity-q01" }, { "text": "Which features support intergrowth, zoning, or replacement, and which interpretations remain unresolved?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "gedrite-domain-integrity-q02" }, { "text": "Which grain region is suitable for a follow-up analysis that avoids mixed-phase results?", "kind": "action", "id": "gedrite-domain-integrity-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "gedrite-specimen-and-use", "name": "Gedrite specimen and use", "description": "Connect geological context and material form to defensible sampling and handling decisions.", "rationale": "A gedrite-bearing rock, isolated crystal, and prepared powder provide different evidence and require different assessments.", "layers": [ { "id": "occurrence-and-representativeness", "name": "Occurrence and representativeness", "description": "Retain the context needed to interpret the analysed material without modelling the entire host rock.", "findings": [ { "id": "sample-context-and-phase-fraction", "name": "Sample context and phase fraction", "description": "Record collection context, associated phases, and gedrite abundance separately from grain chemistry.", "questions": [ { "text": "What locality, host-rock observations, and collection history are documented for this specimen?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "sample-context-and-phase-fraction-q01" }, { "text": "What fraction of the assessed material is gedrite, and how was that fraction determined?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "sample-context-and-phase-fraction-q02" }, { "text": "Does the analysed grain represent the specimen or only a selected compositional domain?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "sample-context-and-phase-fraction-q03" } ] } ] }, { "id": "morphology-and-preparation", "name": "Morphology and preparation", "description": "Assess actual particles and proposed preparation operations without assigning a hazard category from the mineral name alone.", "findings": [ { "id": "material-specific-handling-evidence", "name": "Material-specific handling evidence", "description": "Keep observed habit, measured particle geometry, and any applicable hazard determination distinct.", "questions": [ { "text": "What microscopy establishes the habit and dimensions of particles present in this material?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "material-specific-handling-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "What sample-specific evidence and applicable requirements govern cutting, crushing, or powder preparation?", "kind": "action", "id": "material-specific-handling-evidence-q02" }, { "text": "Does any supplied hazard classification apply to the analysed material and its physical form?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "material-specific-handling-evidence-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "evidence-and-external-alignment", "name": "Evidence and external alignment", "description": "What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.", "rationale": "A model that cannot be lined up against existing standards, identifiers and practice cannot be adopted by anyone who already uses them.", "layers": [ { "id": "reported-evidence", "name": "Reported evidence", "description": "Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.", "findings": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes", "name": "Check these first", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "This account is recalled knowledge, not source-checked research.", "Check current IMA amphibole nomenclature before assigning a species name to an analysed specimen.", "Physical properties vary with composition; asbestos status and applicable exposure rules must be assessed for the actual material and jurisdiction." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes-q01", "text": "Which of these check these first hold for the sense of gedrite this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-identifiers", "name": "Identifiers and schemes", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "scheme": "Mineral end-member chemical formula", "value_or_pattern": "Mg5Al2(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2", "note": "Natural specimens commonly contain iron substituting for magnesium and may depart from the ideal composition." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-identifiers-q01", "text": "Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of gedrite this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation", "name": "Standards and regulation", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "International Mineralogical Association Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification: amphibole nomenclature governs species assignment from composition and crystal structure." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation-q01", "text": "Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of gedrite this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-real-world-use", "name": "Real-world use", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Petrological study of metamorphic mineral assemblages and the conditions under which their host rocks formed.", "Mineralogical reference collections and research on amphibole crystal chemistry." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of gedrite this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-measurements", "name": "Typical measurements", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "quantity": "Mohs hardness", "typical_range": "5-6", "unit": "Mohs scale" }, { "quantity": "Angles between the two principal cleavage directions", "typical_range": "Approximately 56 and 124", "unit": "degree" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-measurements-q01", "text": "Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of gedrite this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards", "name": "Failure modes and hazards", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Crushing, grinding or cutting specimens can generate inhalable mineral dust.", "A mineral name alone does not establish whether a specimen has an asbestiform habit; fibrous material requires appropriate characterization." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of gedrite this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-neighbours", "name": "Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "name": "Anthophyllite", "difference": "Both are orthorhombic amphiboles, but gedrite has substantial aluminium in both tetrahedral and octahedral sites; quantitative composition distinguishes them." }, { "name": "Ferro-gedrite", "difference": "Ferro-gedrite is the ferrous-iron-dominant counterpart of magnesium-dominant gedrite; species assignment requires chemical analysis." }, { "name": "Cordierite", "difference": "Cordierite is a ring silicate, whereas gedrite is a double-chain amphibole; crystal structure and diffraction distinguish them." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-neighbours-q01", "text": "Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of gedrite this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Which current authoritative amphibole nomenclature should govern this entry, and how should historical gedrite and magnesio-gedrite labels map to it?", "What precise compositional and site-occupancy boundaries distinguish gedrite from anthophyllite, ferro-gedrite, and sodium-bearing neighbouring species under that scheme?", "What minimum combination of chemistry and diffraction adequately resolves fine gedrite-bearing intergrowths?", "Which physical-property ranges and thermal transformation data are supported for compositionally characterized gedrite rather than broadly labelled amphibole material?", "Which chemical identifiers and material-specific hazard determinations, if any, demonstrably apply to gedrite rather than to a broader amphibole category?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 5, "layers": 9, "findings": 15, "questions": 27 } }