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Name: Yoshimuraite RRUFF ID: R050266 Ideal Chemistry: Ba4Mn2+4Ti2(Si2O7)2(PO4)2O2(OH)2 Locality: Taguchi mine, Shidara, Kitashidara-Gun, Aichi Prefecture, Japan Source: Marcus Origlieri Owner: RRUFF Description: Brown tabular crystals associated with katophorite, R050633. Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
Mineral Group: [ Epistolite (9) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R050266.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 7.012(1)Å b: 14.775(3)Å c: 5.3979(9)Å alpha: 93.63(1)° beta: 89.86(1)° gamma: 95.57(1)° Volume: 555.5(1)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic |
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REFERENCES for Yoshimuraite | |
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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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Fleischer M (1960) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 45, 476-480 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1961) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 46, 1513-1520 [view file] |
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Watanabe T, Takéuchi Y, Ito J (1961) The minerals of the Noda-Tamagawa mine, Iwaté Prefecture, Japan. III. Yoshimuraite, a new barium-titanium-manganese silicate mineral, Mineralogical Journal, 3, 156-167 [view file] |
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International Mineralogical Association (1967) Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 131-136 [view file] |
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McDonald A M, Grice J D, Chao G Y (2000) The crystal structure of yoshimuraite, a layered BaMnTi silicophosphate, with comments on fivecoordinated Ti4+, The Canadian Mineralogist, 38, 649-656 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Roberts A C (2001) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 86, 197-200 [view file] |
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Sokolova E (2006) From structure topology to chemical composition. I. Structural hierarchy and stereochemistry in titanium disilicate minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 1273-1330 [view file] |
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Sokolova E, Cámara F (2014) From structure topology to chemical composition. XVII. Fe3+ versus Ti4+: The topology of the HOH layer in ericssonite-2O, Ba2Fe3+2Mn4(Si2O7)2O2(OH)2, ferroericssonite, Ba2Fe3+2Fe2+4(Si2O7)2O2(OH)2, and yoshimuraite, Ba4Ti4+2Mn4(Si2O7)2(PO4)2O2(OH)2, The Canadian Mineralogist, 52, 569-576 |
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