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Name: Lasalite RRUFF ID: R070476 Ideal Chemistry: Na2Mg2V10O28·20H2O Locality: Vanadium Queen mine, Paradox Valley, San Juan County, Utah, USA Source: Dakota Matrix Minerals [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Orange massive Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Pascoite (5) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | |||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R070476.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 23.85(1)Å b: 11.000(7)Å c: 17.008(8)Å alpha: 90° beta: 118.26(2)° gamma: 90° Volume: 3930(2)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Lasalite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Iida A, Ozeki T (2004) Mg2Na2V10O28·20H2O and Mg3V10O28·28H2O, Acta Crystallographica, C60, i43-i46 |
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Hughes J M, Wise W S, Gunter M E, Morton J P, Rakovan J (2008) Lasalite, Na2Mg2[V10O28]·20H2O, a new decavanadate mineral species from the Vanadium Queen mine, La Sal District, Utah: Description, atomic arrangement, and relationship to the pascoite group of minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 46, 1365-1372 [view file] |
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Ercit T S, Piilonen P C, Poirier G, Tait K T (2009) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 94, 1075-1083 [view file] |
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Hawthorne F C, Hughes J M, Cooper M A, Kampf A R (2022) Bonding between the decavanadate polyanion and the interstitial complex in pascoite-family minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 60, 341-359 |
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