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Name: Wardite RRUFF ID: R050643 Ideal Chemistry: NaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O Locality: Big Fish River, Yukon Territory, Canada Source: Rock Currier Owner: RRUFF Description: Tan bipyramidal pseudo-octahedral crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
Mineral Group: [ Wardite (2) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | ||||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R050643.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 7.0582(2)Å b: 7.0582(2)Å c: 19.0678(6)Å alpha: 90.° beta: 90.° gamma: 90.° Volume: 949.94(6)Å3 Crystal System: tetragonal |
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REFERENCES for Wardite | |
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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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Davison J M (1896) Wardite: a new hydrous basic phosphate of alumina, American Journal of Science, 152, 154-155 [view file] |
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Larsen E S, Shannon E V (1930) The minerals of the phosphate nodules from near Fairfield, Utah, American Mineralogist, 15, 307-337 [view file] |
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Lindberg M L (1957) Relationship of the minerals avelinoite, cyrilovite, and wardite, American Mineralogist, 42, 204-213 [view file] |
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Fanfani L, Nunzi A, Zanazzi P F (1970) The crystal structure of wardite, Mineralogical Magazine, 37, 598-605 [view file] |
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Frost R L, Erickson K L (2005) Near-infrared spectroscopic study of selected hydrated hydroxylated phosphates, Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 61, 45-50 [link] |
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Gatta G D, Guastoni A, Fabelo O, Fernandez-Diaz M T (2019) A single-crystal neutron diffraction study of wardite, NaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 46, 427-435 [view file] |
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