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Name: Thomsenolite RRUFF ID: R050282 Ideal Chemistry: NaCaAlF6·H2O Locality: Ivigtut, Greenland Source: Marcus Origlieri Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless prismatic rectangular single crystals associated with colorless ralstonite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
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RRUFF ID: | R050282.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 5.5782(7)Å b: 5.5533(2)Å c: 16.125(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 96.273(8)° gamma: 90° Volume: 496.52(6)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Thomsenolite | |
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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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Hagemann G (1866) On some minerals associated with the Cryolite in Greenland, American Journal of Science and Arts, 42, 93-94 [view file] |
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Shepard C U (1866) On hagemannite, a new mineral from Arksutfiord, Greenland, American Journal of Science and Arts, 42, 246-247 [view file] |
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Dana J D, Brush G J (1868) 169. Thomsenolite, in A System of Mineralogy, Fifth Edition John Wiley and Sons New York 129-130 [view file] |
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Adhikesavalu D, Cameron T S, Knop O (1985) Thomsenolite, NaCaAlF6·H2O: hydrogen bonding and comparison with pachnolite, Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 63, 3322-3327 |
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