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Name: Adamsite-(Y) RRUFF ID: R070360 Ideal Chemistry: NaY(CO3)2·6H2O Locality: Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada Source: Michael Scott S103012 [view label] Owner: Michael Scott Description: Aggregates of colorless acicular crystals associated with polylithionite and colorless prismatic leifite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Not in a structural group (133) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R070360.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 6.252(1)Å b: 13.065(3)Å c: 13.187(3)Å alpha: 90.55(3)° beta: 103.78(3)° gamma: 90.36(3)° Volume: 1046(5)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic |
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REFERENCES for Adamsite-(Y) | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file] |
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Grice J D, Gault R A, Roberts A C, Cooper M A (2000) Adamsite-(Y), a new sodium-yttrium carbonate mineral species from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, The Canadian Mineralogist, 38, 1457-1466 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Roberts A C (2001) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 86, 1112-1115 [view file] |
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Mandarino J A (2001) New minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 39, 1751-1760 [view file] |
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