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Name: Malayaite RRUFF ID: R080024 Ideal Chemistry: CaSnO(SiO4) Locality: Ash Mountain, McDame, British Columbia, Canada Source: Mark N. Feinglos, M.D.; William P. Pinch [view label] [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Tan colored tabular crystals with a subconchoidal fracture on a broken surface. Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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| RRUFF ID: | R080024.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
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a: 7.157(2)Å b: 8.900(3)Å c: 6.670(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 113.38(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 389.9(1) Crystal System: monoclinic |
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| REFERENCES for Malayaite | |
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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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Alexander J B, Flinter B H (1965) A note on varlamoffite and associated minerals from the Batang Padang district, Perak, Malaya, Malaysia, Mineralogical Magazine, 35, 622-627 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1966) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 51, 1546-1553 [view file] |
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Higgins J B, Ribbe P H (1977) The structure of malayaite, CaSnOSiO4, a tin analog of titanite, American Mineralogist, 62, 801-806 [view file] |
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Mulholland I R (1984) Malayaite and tin-bearing garnet from a skarn at Gumble, NSW, Australia, Mineralogical Magazine, 48, 27-30 [view file] |
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Groat L A, Kek S, Bismayer U, Schmidt C, Krane H G, Meyer H, Nistor L, Van Tendeloo G (1996) A synchrotron radiation, HRTEM, X-ray powder diffraction, and Raman spectroscopic study of malayaite, CaSnSiO5, American Mineralogist, 81, 595-602 [view file] |
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