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Name: Zussmanite RRUFF ID: R050448 Ideal Chemistry: K(Fe,Mg,Mn)13(Si,Al)18O42(OH)14 Locality: Longvale Quarry, Mendocino County, California, USA Source: Marcus Origlieri Owner: RRUFF Description: Aggregate of pale green tabular crystals Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
Mineral Group: [ Clay (86) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R050448.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 11.656(2)Å b: 11.656(2)Å c: 28.701(7)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 3376.6(8)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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REFERENCES for Zussmanite | |
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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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Agrell S O, Bown M G, McKie D (1965) Deerite, howieite, and zussmanite, three new minerals from the Franciscan of the Laytonville District, Mendicino Co., California, American Mineralogist, 50, 278-278 [view file] |
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Lopes-Viera A, Zussman J (1967) The crystal structure of the mineral zussmanite, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 292-293 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1969) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 54, 326-330 [view file] |
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Lopes-Vieira A, Zussman J (1969) Further detail on the crystal structure of zussmanite, Mineralogical Magazine, 37, 49-60 [view file] |
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Sameshima T, Kawachi Y (1991) Coombsite, Mn analogue of zussmanite, and associated Mn-silicates, parsettensite and caryopilite, from southeast Otago, New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 34, 329-335 [view file] |
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Massonne H-J, Hervé F, Medenbach O, Muñoz V, Willner A P (1998) Zussmanite in ferruginous metasediments from Southern Central Chile, Mineralogical Magazine, 62, 869-876 [view file] |
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