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|   | Name: Carlosturanite RRUFF ID: R060259 Ideal Chemistry: (Mg,Fe2+,Ti)21(Si,Al)12O28(OH)34·H2O Locality: Val Varaita, near Sempeyre, Piedmont, Italy Source: Michael Scott S100338 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Pale green fibrous bundle Status: The identification of this mineral has been made only by X-ray diffraction. | 
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| REFERENCES for Carlosturanite | |
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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] | |
| Compagnoni R, Ferraris G, Mellini M (1985) Carlosturanite, a new asbestiform rock-forming silicate from Val Varaita, Italy, American Mineralogist, 70, 767-772 [view file] | |
| Mellini M, Ferraris G, Compagnoni R (1985) Carlosturanite: HRTEM evidence of a polysomatic series including serpentine, American Mineralogist, 70, 773-781 [view file] | |
| Belluso E, Ferraris G (1991) New data on balangeroite and carlosturanite from alpine serpentinites, European Journal of Mineralogy, 3, 559-566 | |
| Belluso E, Fornero E, Cairo S, Albertazzi G, Rinaudo C (2007) The application of micro-Raman spectroscopy to distinguish carlosturanite from serpentine-group minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 45, 1495-1500 [view file] | |
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