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Name: Antigorite RRUFF ID: R070228 Ideal Chemistry: Mg3Si2O5(OH)4 Locality: Wood's Chrome Mine (Wood's Mine), Texas, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA Source: Michael Scott S100701 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Compact massive, light to dark green associated with chromite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
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a: 43.617(3)Å b: 9.208(1)Å c: 7.2716(4)Å alpha: 90° beta: 92.34(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 2918.1(3) Crystal System: monoclinic |
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| REFERENCES for Antigorite | |
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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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Schweizer E (1840) Ueber den antigorit, ein neues mineral, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 19, 595-599 [view file] |
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International Mineralogical Association (1967) Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 131-136 [view file] |
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Leake B E (1978) Nomenclature of amphiboles, American Mineralogist, 63, 1023-1052 [view file] |
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Dungan M A (1979) A microprobe study of antigorite and some serpentine pseudomorphs, The Canadian Mineralogist, 17, 771-784 [view file] |
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Yada K (1979) Microstructures of chrysotile and antigorite by high–resolution electron microscopy, The Canadian Mineralogist, 17, 679-691 [view file] |
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Uehara S, Kamata K (1994) Antigorite with a large supercell from Saganoseki, Oita Prefecture, Japan, The Canadian Mineralogist, 32, 93-103 [view file] |
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O'Hanley D S, Wicks F J (1995) Conditions of formation of lizardite, chrysotile and antigorite, Cassiar, British Columbia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 33, 753-773 [view file] |
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Uehara S (1998) TEM and XRD study of antigorite and superstructures, The Canadian Mineralogist, 36, 1595-1605 [view file] |
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Rinaudo C, Gastaldi D, Belluso E (2003) Characterization of chrysotile, antigorite and lizardite by FT-Raman spectroscopy, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 883-890 [view file] |
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Capitani G C, Mellini M (2006) The crystal structure of a second antigorite polysome (m = 16), by single-crystal synchrotron diffraction, American Mineralogist, 91, 394-399 [view file] |
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Dódony I, Pósfai M, Buseck P R (2006) Does antigorite really contain 4- and 8-membered rings of tetrahedra?, American Mineralogist, 91, 1831-1838 [view file] |
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Capitani G C, Mellini M (2007) High-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) investigation of antigorite polysomes (m = 15 to 18), American Mineralogist, 92, 64-71 [view file] |
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Roth P (2007) Antigorite, in Minerals first discovered in Switzerland and minerals named after Swiss individuals Kristallografik Verlag Achberg Germany 34-35 |
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