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Name: Lulzacite RRUFF ID: R110147 Ideal Chemistry: Sr2Fe2+3Al4(PO4)4(OH)10 Locality: Saint-Aubin-des-Châteaux, Loire-Atlantique, France Source: Olivier Pourret [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Gray glassy and massive, associated with siderite and pyrite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R110147.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 5.443(1)Å b: 9.103(1)Å c: 9.752(2)Å alpha: 108.64(1)° beta: 91.831(9)° gamma: 97.42(1)° Volume: 452.6(1)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic |
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REFERENCES for Lulzacite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Jambor J L, Puziewicz J, Roberts A C (2000) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 85, 1843-1847 [view file] |
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Leone P, Palvadeau P, Moëlo Y (2000) Structure cristalline d'un nouvel hydroxyphosphate naturel de strontium, fer et aluminium (lulzacite), Sr2Fe(Fe0,63Mg0,37)2Al4(PO4)4(OH)10, Chimie de L'état Solide et Cristallochimie, 3, 301-308 |
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Moëlo Y, Lasnier B, Palvadeau P, Léone P, Fontan F (2000) La lulzacite, Sr2Fe2+(Fe2+,Mg)2Al4(PO4)4(OH)10, un nouveau phosphate de strontium (Saint-Aubin-des-Châteaux, Loire-Atlantique, France), Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences de Paris, Sciences de la Terre et des planètes, 330, 317-324 [view file] |
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Mandarino J A (2002) New minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 40, 1001-1020 [view file] |
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Dyar M D, Jawin E R, Breves E, Marchand G, Nelms M, Lane M D, Mertzman S A, Bish D L and Bishop J L (2014) Mössbauer parameters of iron in phosphate minerals: Implications for interpretation of martian data, American Mineralogist, 99, 914-942 [view file] |
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