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Name: Viitaniemiite RRUFF ID: R060052 Ideal Chemistry: NaCaAl(PO4)F3 Locality: Paprook, Afghanistan Source: Marcus Origlieri Owner: RRUFF Description: Clear, colorless fragment Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
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Mineral Group: [ Viitaniemiite (1) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | ||||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R060052.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 5.5090(5)Å b: 7.2295(4)Å c: 6.8644(5)Å alpha: 90° beta: 108.992(7)° gamma: 90° Volume: 258.51(2)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Viitaniemiite | |
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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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Cabri L J, Fleischer M, Pabst A (1981) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 66, 1099-1103 [view file] |
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Lahti S I (1981) On the granitic pegmatites of the Eräjärvi area in Orivesi, southern Finland, Geological Survey of Finland, Bulletin, 314, 51-56 |
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Ramik R A, Sturman B D, Roberts A C, Dunn P J (1983) Viitaniemiite from the Francon quarry, Montreal, Quebec, The Canadian Mineralogist, 21, 499-502 [view file] |
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Pajunen A, Lahti S I (1984) The crystal structure of viitaniemiite, American Mineralogist, 69, 961-966 [view file] |
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