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Name: Axinite-(Fe) RRUFF ID: R060194 Ideal Chemistry: Ca4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2 Locality: near Dalbandi, Baluchistan Province, Pakistan Source: Herbert Obodda [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Brown transparent wedge-shaped single crystal Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
Mineral Group: [ Axinite (12) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Axinite-(Fe) samples (6) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R060194.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 7.151(1)Å b: 9.189(1)Å c: 8.960(5)Å alpha: 91.88(2)° beta: 98.25(3)° gamma: 77.30(2)° Volume: 568.4(0)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic |
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REFERENCES for Axinite-(Fe) | |
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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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Haüy R J (1801) Axinite, (f.) c'est-à-dire, corps aminci en forme de tranchant de hache, 3, in Traité de Minéralogie. Chez Louis Paris 22-31 [view file] |
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Schaller W T (1911) Mineralogical notes, Series I. Axinite from California, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 490, 37-47 [view file] |
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Sanero E, Gottardi G (1968) Nomenclature and crystal-chemistry of axinites, American Mineralogist, 53, 1407-1411 [view file] |
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Swinnea J S, Rendon-Diazmiron L E, Enciso de la Vega S (1981) The crystal structure of a Mexican axinite, American Mineralogist, 66, 428-431 [view file] |
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Andreozzi G B, Lucchesi S, Graziani G, Russo U (2004) Site distribution of Fe2+ and Fe3+ in the axinite mineral group: new crystal-chemical formula, American Mineralogist, 89, 1763-1771 [view file] |
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Filip J, Kolitsch U, Novák M, Schneeweiss O (2006) The crystal structure of near-end-member ferroaxinite from an iron-contaminated pegmatite at Malesov, Czech Republic, The Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 1159-1170 [view file] |
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Burke E A J (2008) Tidying up mineral names: an IMA-CNMNC scheme for suffixes, hyphens and diacritical marks, The Mineralogical Record, 39, 131-135 [view file] |
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