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Name: Hsianghualite RRUFF ID: R060722 Ideal Chemistry: Li2Ca3Be3(SiO4)3F2 Locality: Xianghualing mine near Zenzhou, Hunan Province, China Source: Bob Jenkins and George Guanghua Liu [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless rounded crystals and fragments Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Analcime (11) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R060722.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 12.867(1)Å b: 12.867(1)Å c: 12.867(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 2130.27(9)Å3 Crystal System: cubic |
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REFERENCES for Hsianghualite | |
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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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Huang W H, Tu S H, Wang K H, Chao C L, Yu C C (1958) Hsiang-hua-shih, a new beryllium mineral, Ti-chih-yueh-k'an, 7, 35-35 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1959) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 44, 1321-1329 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1961) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 46, 241-244 [view file] |
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Rastsvetaeva R K, Rekhlova O Y, Andrianov V I, Malinovskii Y A (1991) Crystal structure of hsianghualite, Soviet Physics - Doklady, 36, 11-13 |
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Rastsvetaeva R K, Rekhlova O Y, Andrianov V I, Malinovskii Y A (1991) Crystal structure of hsianghualite (in Russian), Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 316, 624-628 |
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Coombs D S, Alberti A, Armbruster T, Artioli G, Colella C, Galli E, Grice J D, Liebau F, Mandarino J A, Minato H, Nickel E H, Passaglia E, Peacor D R, Quartieri S, Rinaldi R, Ross M, Sheppard R A, Tillmanns E, Vezzalini G, (1997) Recommended nomenclature for zeolite minerals: report of the Subcommittee on Zeolites of the International Mineralogical Association, Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 1571-1606 [view file] |
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