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Name: Bergslagite RRUFF ID: R060243 Ideal Chemistry: CaBe(AsO4)(OH) Locality: Langban mine dump, Langban, Filipstad, Varmland, Sweden Source: Michael Scott S100249 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless crystalline crust with reddish-brown massive tilasite and black aegirine Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
Mineral Group: [ Gadolinite (18) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R060243.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 4.876(6)Å b: 7.781(6)Å c: 10.10(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90.05(4)° gamma: 90° Volume: 383.2(7)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Bergslagite | |
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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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Hansen S, Fälth L, Johnson O (1984) Bergslagite, a mineral with tetrahedral berylloarsenate sheet anions, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 166, 73-80 [view file] |
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Hansen S, Fälth L, Petersen O V, Johnsen O (1984) Bergslagite, a new mineral species from Långban, Sweden, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1984, 257-262 |
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Dunn P J, Gobel V, Grice J D, Puziewicz J, Shigley J E, Vanko D A, Zilczer J (1985) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 70, 436-441 [view file] |
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Bačík P, Miyawaki R, Atencio D, Cámara F, Fridrichová (2017) Nomenclature of the gadolinite supergroup, European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 1067-1082 |
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