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|   |   | Name: Raslakite RRUFF ID: R070071 Ideal Chemistry: Na15Ca3Fe3(Na,Zr)3Zr3(Si,Nb)Si25O73(OH,H2O)3(Cl,OH) Locality: Raslak Cirques, near Kedybverpahkh Mountain, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia Source: Michael Scott S105054 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Massive, orange anhedral grains exhibiting conchoidal fracture, co-type material Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. | 
| Mineral Group: [ eudialyte (13) ] | ||
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| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 14.218(1)Å    b: 14.218(1)Å    c: 30.126(5)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 5274(1)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal | ||||||
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| REFERENCES for Raslakite | |
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| American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] | |
| Ekimenkova I A, Rastsvetaeva R K, Chukanov N V (2000) Ordering of calcium and iron in a mineral of the eudialyte group with the symmetry R3, Doklady Chemistry, 374, 195-198 | |
| Chukanov N V, Pekov I V, Zadov A E, Korovushkin V V, Ekimenkova I A, Rastsvetaeva R K (2003) Ikranite (Na,H3O)15(Ca,Mn,REE)6Fe3+2Zr3(◻,Zr)(◻,Si)Si24O66(O,OH)6Cl·nH2O and raslakite Na15Ca3Fe3(NaZr)3Zr3(Si,Nb)(Si25O73)(OH,H2O)2(Cl,OH) - the new eudialyte-group minerals from Lovozero massif, Kola Peninsula, Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 132, issue 5 22-33 [view file] | |
| Grice J D, Ferraris G (2003) New minerals approved in 2002 and nomenclature modifications approved 1998-2002 by the commission on new minerals and mineral names, International Mineralogical Association, American Mineralogist, 88, 1620-1624 [view file] | |
| Grice J D, Ferraris G (2003) New minerals approved in 2002 and nomenclature modifications approved in 1998-2002 by the Commission on the New Minerals and Mineral Names, International Mineralogical Association, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 795-802 [view file] | |
| Johnsen O, Ferraris G, Gault R A, Grice J D, Kampf A R, Pekov I V (2003) The nomenclature of eudialyte-group minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 785-794 [view file] | |
| Jambor J L, Roberts A C (2004) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 89, 1826-1834 [view file] | |
| Mandarino J A (2004) New minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 921-945 [view file] | |
| Pekov I V (2007) New minerals from former Soviet Union countries, 1998-2006: new minerals approved by the IMA commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Almanac, 11, 9-51 [view file] | |
| Rastsvetaeva R K, Chukanov N V (2012) Classification of eudialyte-group minerals, Geology of Ore Deposits, 54, 487-497 [view file] | |
| Borst A M, Finch A A, Friis H, Horsburgh N J, Gamaletsos P N, Goettlicher J, Steininger R, Geraki K (2020) Structural state of rare earth elements in eudialyte-group minerals, Mineralogical Magazine, 84, 19-34 | |
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