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|   |   | Name: Lemoynite RRUFF ID: R080106 Ideal Chemistry: Na2CaZr2Si10O26·5-6H2O Locality: Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada Source: William W. Pinch [view label] [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Aggregates of cream-white, sub-parallel prismatic crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. | 
| Mineral Group: [ Lemoynite (2) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R080106.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 10.365(2)Å    b: 15.918(5)Å    c: 18.588(5)Å alpha: 90° beta: 104.640(9)° gamma: 90° Volume: 2967(2)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic | ||||||
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| REFERENCES for Lemoynite | |
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| American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] | |
| 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] | |
| Perrault G, Semenov E I, Bikova A V, Capitonova T A (1969) La lemoynite, un nouveau silicate hydraté de zirconium et de sodium de St. Hilaire, Québec, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 585-596 [view file] | |
| Fleischer M (1972) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 57, 1909-1914 [view file] | |
| Blinov V A, Voronkov A A, Ilyukhin V V, Belov N V (1975) Crystal structure of lemoynite with a new type of mixed framework, Soviet Physics - Doklady, 19, 397-398 | |
| Le Page Y, Perrault G (1976) Structure cristalline de la lemoynite, (Na,K)2CaZr2Si10O26, 5-6H2O, The Canadian Mineralogist, 14, 132-138 [view file] | |
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