Kosnarite R060250


 Name: Kosnarite
RRUFF ID: R060250
Ideal Chemistry: KZr2(PO4)3
Locality: Jenipapo District, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Source: William W. Pinch [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Tan to colorless fragment
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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RRUFF ID: R060250
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 30% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060250.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 8.697(3)Å    b: 8.697(3)Å    c: 23.881(9)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 120°   Volume: 1564(2)Å3    Crystal System: hexagonal
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Calculated diffraction file.

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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Kosnarite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

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]

Sljukic M, Matkovic B, Prodic B (1969) The crystal structure of KZr2(PO4)3, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 130, 148-161   [view file]

Brownfield M E, Foord E E, Sutley S J, Botinelly T (1993) Kosnarite, KZr2(PO4)3, a new mineral from Mount Mica and Black Mountain, Oxford County, Maine, American Mineralogist, 78, 653-656   [view file]

Piilonen P C, Friis H, Rowe R, Poirier (2020) Crystal structure determination of kosnarite, KZr2(PO4)3, from the Mario Pinto mine, Jenipapo district, Itinga, Brazil, The Canadian Mineralogist, 58, 637-652   [view file]