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Mineral contains: Dmitryivanovite
Dougill M W (1957) Crystal structure of calcium monoaluminate. Nature 180, 292-293
Ito S, Suzuki K, Inagaki M, Naka S (1980) High-pressure modifications of CaAl2O4 and CaGa2O4. Materials Research Bulletin 15, 925-932
Lazic B, Kahlenberg V, Konzett J (2007) Structural studies on a stuffed framework high pressure polymorph of CaAl2O4. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie 222, 690-695
Mikouchi T, Zolensky M, Ivanova M, Tachikawa O, Komatsu M, Le L, Gounelle M (2009) Dmitryivanovite: A new high-pressure calcium aluminum oxide from the Northwest Africa 470 CH3 chondrite characterized using electron backscatter diffraction analysis. American Mineralogist 94, 746-750
Mikouchi T, Zolensky M, Tachikawa O, Komatsu M, Ivanova M A, Le L, Gounelle M (2006) Electron back-scatter diffraction (EBSD) analysis of two unusual minerals in carbonaceous chondrites. Lunar and Planetary Science 37, 1855-1855
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