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Name: Jarlite RRUFF ID: R050667 Ideal Chemistry: Na2(Sr,Na)14(Mg,◻)2Al12F64(OH)4 Locality: Ivigtut, Greenland Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 10118 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless elongated prisms Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
Mineral Group: [ Jarlite (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R050667.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 15.936(2)Å b: 10.816(2)Å c: 7.271(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 101.875(8)° gamma: 90° Volume: 1226.4(5)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Jarlite | |
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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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Bøgvad R (1933) New minerals from Ivigtut, Southwest Greenland, Meddelelser om Grønland, 92, 2-11 [view file] |
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Foshag W F (1935) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 20, 137-138 [view file] |
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Hawthorne F C (1983) The crystal structure of jarlite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 21, 553-560 [view file] |
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Dunn P J, Cabri L J, Ferraiolo J A, Grice J D, Jambor J L, Mueller W, Shigley J E, Puziewicz J, Vanko D A (1984) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 69, 1190-1196 [view file] |
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Pauly H, Nielsen R N (1992) Jarlite: order-disorder structure suggested by optics, results of new analyses and empirical formulae, The Canadian Mineralogist, 30, 449-455 [view file] |
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