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Name: Cafetite RRUFF ID: R060872 Ideal Chemistry: CaTi2O5·H2O Locality: Magnet Cove, Arkansas, USA Source: Michael Scott S101254 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Pale brown colored pseudohexagonal plates, associated with pectolite and albite. Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R060872.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 4.937(3)Å b: 12.086(8)Å c: 15.94(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 98.67(2)° gamma: 90° Volume: 940(3)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Cafetite | |
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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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Kukharenko A A, Kondrat´Eva V V, Kovyazina V M (1959) Cafetite, a new hydrous titanate of calcium and iron, Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 88, 444-453 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1960) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 45, 476-480 [view file] |
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International Mineralogical Association (1962) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 260-263 [view file] |
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Krivovichev S V, Yakovenchuk V N, Burns P C, Pakhomovsky Y A, Menshikov Y P (2003) Cafetite, Ca[Ti2O5](H2O): Crystal structure and revision of chemical formula, American Mineralogist, 88, 424-429 [view file] |
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