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Name: Magnesio-fluoro-arfvedsonite RRUFF ID: R050515 Ideal Chemistry: NaNa2(Mg4Fe3+)Si8O22F2 Locality: unknown Source: Frank Hawthorne Owner: RRUFF Description: Numerous small dark green fragments Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
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Mineral Group: [ amphibole (107) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | ||||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R050515.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 9.841(2)Å b: 18.047(7)Å c: 5.303(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 104.13(3)° gamma: 90° Volume: 913.2(0)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Magnesio-fluoro-arfvedsonite | |
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Gazhenov A G, Nedosekova I L, Krinova T V, Mironov A B, Khvorov P V (2000) Fluoromagnesioarfvedsonite NaNa2(Mg, Fe2+)4Fe3+[Si8O22](F, OH)2 a new mineral species of the amphibole group (Il'meny-Vishnevye Mountains, Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 129, issue 6 28-34 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Roberts A C (2001) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 86, 1534-1537 [view file] |
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Mandarino J A (2001) New minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 39, 1473-1502 [view file] |
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Burke E A J, Leake B E (2004) "Named amphiboles": a new category of amphiboles recognized by the International Mineralogical Association (IMA), and the proper order of prefixes to be used in amphibole names, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 1881-1883 [view file] |
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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] |
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Hawthorne F C, Oberti R, Harlow G E, Maresch W V, Martin R F, Schumacher J C, Welch M D (2012) Nomenclature of the amphibole supergroup, American Mineralogist, 97, 2031-2048 [view file] |
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