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Name: Ganomalite RRUFF ID: R050387 Ideal Chemistry: Pb9Ca6(Si2O7)4(SiO4)O Locality: Sells, Pima County, Arizona, USA Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 13168 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Yellowish-red massive Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Ganomalite (1) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | |||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R050387.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 9.854(3)Å b: 9.854(3)Å c: 10.223(4)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 859.6(7)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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REFERENCES for Ganomalite | |
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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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Nordenskiöld A E (1876) Mötet den 6 April 1876. Åtskilliga nya mineralfynd vid Nordmarken och Långban, Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar, 3, 119-123 [view file] |
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Nordenskiõld A E (1877) Nya mineralier från Långban, Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar, 3, 376-384 [view file] |
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Penfield S L, Warren C H (1899) Some new minerals from the zinc mines at Franklin, N.J., and note concerning the chemical composition of ganomalite, American Journal of Science, 8, 339-353 [view file] |
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Welin E (1968) Notes on the mineralogy of Sweden 6. X-ray powder data for minerals from Långban and the related mineral deposits of Central Sweden, Arkiv för Mineralogi och Geologi, 4, 499-541 |
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Dunn P J, Peacor D R, Valley J W, Randall C A (1985) Ganomalite from Franklin, New Jersey, and Jakobsberg, Sweden: new chemical and crystallographic data, Mineralogical Magazine, 49, 579-582 [view file] |
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Dunn P J (1985) The lead silicates from Franklin, New Jersey: occurrence and composition, Mineralogical Magazine, 49, 721-727 [view file] |
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Hawthorne F C, Jambor J L, Bladh K W, Burke E A J, Grice J D, Phillips D, Roberts A C, Schedler R A, Shigley J E (1987) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 72, 1023-1028 [view file] |
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Charalampides G, Linqvist B (1988) Chapter 4, Ganomalite, margarosanite and molybdophyllite from Långban, south-central Sweden, and synthetic equivalents, in Compositional Variations of Natural and Synthetic Lead Silicates of Langban-type Dissertation submitted to Meddelanden från Stockholms Universitets Geologiska Nr273, 1-24 [view file] |
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Carlson S, Norrestam R, Holtsam D, Spengler R (1997) The crystal structure of ganomalite, Pb9Ca5.44Mn0.56Si9O33, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 212, 208-212 |
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