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Name: Deerite RRUFF ID: R070393 Ideal Chemistry: Fe2+6Fe3+3(Si6O17)O3(OH)5 Locality: Laytonville quarry, Laytonville, Mendocino County, California, USA Source: Michael Scott S101050 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Black bladed crystals embedded in quartz and fibrous riebeckite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R070393.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 10.774(2)Å b: 18.903(2)Å c: 9.561(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 107.085(9)° gamma: 90° Volume: 1861.2(6)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Deerite | |
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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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Agrell S O, Bown M G, McKie D (1965) Deerite, howieite, and zussmanite, three new minerals from the Franciscan of the Laytonville District, Mendicino Co., California, American Mineralogist, 50, 278-278 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1969) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 54, 326-330 [view file] |
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Fleet M E (1977) The crystal structure of deerite, American Mineralogist, 62, 990-998 [view file] |
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Fleischer M, Cabri L J, Pabst A (1977) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 62, 1259-1262 [view file] |
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Wood R M (1979) The iron-rich blueschist facies minerals: I. deerite, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 251-259 [view file] |
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