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Name: Zinnwaldite RRUFF ID: R040138 Ideal Chemistry: K(Al,Fe,Li)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)F Locality: Tørdal, Telemark, Norway Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 15868 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Dark green mica book, polytype 1M Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
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Mineral Group: [ mica (50) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | |||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R040138.1 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Powder, cell parameters are from single crystal | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 5.31(1)Å b: 9.23(3)Å c: 10.14(3)Å alpha: 90.° beta: 100.27(7)° gamma: 90.° Volume: 488(1)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Zinnwaldite | |
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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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Harada K, Honda M, Nagashima K, Kanisawa S (1976) Masutomilite, manganese analogue of zinnwaldite, with special reference to masutomilite-lepidolite-zinnwaldite series, Mineralogical Journal, 8, 95-109 [view file] |
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Guggenheim S, Bailey S W (1977) The refinement of zinnwaldite-1M in subgroup symmetry, American Mineralogist, 62, 1158-1167 [view file] |
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Taylor R P (1992) Petrological and geochemical characteristics of the Pleasant Ridge zinnwaldite - topaz granite, southern New Brunswick, and comparisons with other topaz-bearing felsic rocks, The Canadian Mineralogist, 30, 895-921 [view file] |
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Rieder M, Hybler J, Smrcok L, Weiss Z (1996) Refinement of the crystal structure of zinnwaldite 2M1, European Journal of Mineralogy, 8, 1241-1248 |
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Rieder M, Cavazzini G, DYakonov Y S, Frank-Kamenetskii V A, Gottardt G, Guggenheim S, Koval P V, Muller G, Neiva A M R, Radoslovich E W, Robert J L, Sassi F P, Takeda H, Weiss Z, Wones D R (1998) Nomenclature of the micas, The Canadian Mineralogist, 36, 905-912 [view file] |
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Breiter K, Vaňková M, Galiová M V, Korbelová Z, Kanický V (2017) Lithium and trace-element concentrations in trioctahedral micas from granites of different geochemical types measured via laser ablation ICP-MS, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 15-33 |
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