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Name: Spurrite RRUFF ID: R050236 Ideal Chemistry: Ca5(SiO4)2(CO3) Locality: South Sister Peak, Luna County, New Mexico, USA Source: Marcus Origlieri Owner: RRUFF Description: Lavendar-gray massive Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
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| RRUFF ID: | R050236.1 | |||||||
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a: 10.4654(2)Å b: 6.7177(4)Å c: 14.1693(6)Å alpha: 90.° beta: 101.250(3)° gamma: 90.° Volume: 977.02(6) Crystal System: monoclinic |
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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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Wright F E (1908) On three contact minerals from Valardeña, Durango, Mexico. (Gehlenite, spurrite and hillebrandite), The American Journal of Science, 176, 545-554 [view file] |
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Hauptman H, Karle I L, Karle J (1960) Crystal structure of spurrite, Ca5(SiO4)2CO3. I. Determination by the probability method, Acta Crystallographica, 13, 451-453 |
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Smith J V, Karle I L, Hauptman H, Karle J (1960) The crystal structure of spurrite, Ca5(SiO4)2CO3. II. Description of structure, Acta Crystallographica, 13, 454-458 |
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Marincea S, Bilal E, Verkaeren J, Pascal M L, Fonteilles M (2001) Superposed parageneses in the spurrite-, tilleyite- and gehlenite-bearing skarns from Cornet Hill, Apuseni Mountains, Romania, The Canadian Mineralogist, 39, 1435-1453 [view file] |
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Grice J D (2005) The structure of spurrite, tilleyite and scawtite, and relationships to other silicate-carbonate minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 1489-1500 [view file] |
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Grice J D, Adams P M, Rowe R (2010) Discreditation of paraspurrite, American Mineralogist, 95, 876-879 |
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