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|   |   | Name: Zektzerite RRUFF ID: R070485 Ideal Chemistry: NaLiZrSi6O15 Locality: Washington Pass, Golden Horn Batholith, Okanogan County, Washington, USA Source: Michael Scott S103063 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Pale pink to colorless hexagonal prismatic crystal fragments Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis | 
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| RRUFF ID: | R070485.1 | |||||||
| Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 14.3212(3)Å    b: 17.3469(3)Å    c: 10.1578(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 2523.48(7)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic | |||||||
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| REFERENCES for Zektzerite | |
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| American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] | |
| 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] | |
| Dunn P J, Rouse R C, Cannon B, Nelen J A (1977) Zektzerite: a new lithium sodium zirconium silicate related to tuhualite and the osumilite group, American Mineralogist, 62, 416-420 [view file] | |
| Fleischer M (1978) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 63, 1282-1284 [view file] | |
| Ghose S, Wan C (1978) Zektzerite, NaLiZrSi6O15: a silicate with six-tetrahedral-repeat double chains, American Mineralogist, 63, 304-310 [view file] | |
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