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|   | Name: Pentagonite RRUFF ID: R120136 Ideal Chemistry: CaV4+OSi4O10·4H2O Locality: Wagholi, Poona, Maharashtra State, India Source: Marcus Origlieri [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Bright blue blades Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. | 
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| RRUFF ID: | R120136.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 10.390(1)Å    b: 14.102(3)Å    c: 9.005(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1319.4(5)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic | ||||||
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| REFERENCES for Pentagonite | |
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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] | |
| Evans H T (1973) The crystal structures of cavansite and pentagonite, American Mineralogist, 58, 412-424 [view file] | |
| Staples L W, Evans H T, Lindsay J R (1973) Cavansite and pentagonite, new dimorphous calcium vanadium silicate minerals from Oregon, American Mineralogist, 58, 405-411 [view file] | |
| Ishida N, Kimata M, Nishida N, Hatta T, Shimizu M, Akasaka T (2009) Polymorphic relation between cavansite and pentagonite: Genetic implications of oxonium ion in cavansite, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 104, 241-252 [view file] | |
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