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Name: Uralolite RRUFF ID: R070749 Ideal Chemistry: Ca2Be4(PO4)3(OH)3·5H2O Locality: Spodumene prospect (Brandrücken exploration adit), Brandrücken, Moschkogel Mt. - Weinebene area, Koralpe Mts, Carinthia, Austria Source: Michael Scott S101629 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Radiating aggregates of gray-white matted fibers associated with quartz Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R070749.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 6.557(1)Å b: 16.019(4)Å c: 16.004(5)Å alpha: 90° beta: 101.67(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 1646(1)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Uralolite | |
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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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Fleischer M (1964) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 49, 1774-1778 [view file] |
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Grigor'ev N A (1964) Uralolite - a new mineral, Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 93, 156-162 [view file] |
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Dunn P J, Gaines R V (1978) Uralolite from the Dunton gem mine, Newry, Maine: a second occurrence, The Mineralogical Record, 9, 99-100 [view file] |
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Mereiter K, Niedermayr G, Walter F (1994) Uralolite, Ca2Be4(PO4)3(OH)3·5H2O: new data and crystal structure, European Journal of Mineralogy, 6, 887-896 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Puziewicz J, Roberts A C (1995) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 80, 1328-1333 [view file] |
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Mereiter K, Walter F (2023) A crystal structure refinement of uralolite, Ca2Be4(PO4)3(OH)3∙5H2O, from Weinebene, Austria, Mineralogy and Petrology, 117, 181-189 [link] [view file] |
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