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Name: Jouravskite RRUFF ID: R110012 Ideal Chemistry: Ca3Mn4+(SO4)(CO3)(OH)6·12H2O Locality: Wessels mine, Kurumen, Kalahari manganese field, Cape Province, South Africa Source: William Pinch [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Yellow hexagonal prism associated with calcite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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Mineral Group: [ Ettringite (6) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R110012.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 11.072(4)Å b: 11.072(4)Å c: 10.695(6)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 1135.5(2)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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REFERENCES for Jouravskite | |
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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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Fleischer M (1965) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 50, 2096-2111 [view file] |
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Gaudefroy C, Permingeat F (1965) La jouravskite, une nouvelle espèce minérale, Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie, 88, 254-262 [view file] |
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Granger M M, Protas J (1969) Détermination et etude de la structure cristalline de la jouravskite Ca3MnIV(SO4)(CO3)(OH)·12(H2O), Acta Crystallographica, B25, 1943-1951 |
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Chukanov N V, Zubkova N V, Pautov L A, Göttlicher J, Kasatkin A V, Van K V, Ksenofontov D A, Pekov I V, Vozchikova S A, Pushcharovsky D Y (2019) Jouravskite: refined data on the crystal structure, chemical composition and spectroscopic properties, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 46, 417-425 [view file] |
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