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Name: Gillespite RRUFF ID: R061031 Ideal Chemistry: BaFe2+Si4O10 Locality: La Madrelena mine, Tres Pozos, Municipio de Tecate, Baja California Norte, Mexico Source: Michael Scott S101347 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Rose-red cleavage fragment embedded in white sanbornite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
| Mineral Group: [ Gillespite (5) ] | ||
| Quick search: [ All Gillespite samples (2) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R061031.1 | |||||||
| Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
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a: 7.5202(5)Å b: 7.5202(5)Å c: 16.0863(5)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 909.7(1)Å3 Crystal System: tetragonal |
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| REFERENCES for Gillespite | |
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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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Schaller W T (1922) Gillespite, a new mineral, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 12, 7-8 [view file] |
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Wherry E T (1922) New minerals: new species, American Mineralogist, 7, 147-148 [view file] |
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Schaller W T (1929) The properties and associated minerals of gillespite, American Mineralogist, 14, 319-322 [view file] |
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Hazen R M, Burnham C W (1974) The crystal structures of gillespite I and II: a structure determination at high pressure, American Mineralogist, 59, 1166-1176 |
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McKeown D A, Bell M I (1998) Linked four-membered silicate ring: Vibrational analysis of gillespite BaFeSi4O10 and implications for glass structure, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 25, 273-281 |
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Knight K S, Marshall W G, Henderson C M B, Chamberlain A A (2013) Equation of state and a high-pressure structural phase transition in the gillespite-structured phase Ba0.5Sr0.5CuSi4O10, European Journal of Mineralogy, 25, 909-917 |
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