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Name: Krasnovite RRUFF ID: R080115 Ideal Chemistry: Ba(Al,Mg)(PO4,CO3)(OH)2·H2O Locality: Cerro Sapo Carbonatite dyke, Cochabamba, Bolivia Source: William W. Pinch [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Pastel blue, vitreous massive, associated with blue sodalite and white ankerite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R080115.9 | ||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 8.92(1)Å b: 5.631(6)Å c: 11.04(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 554(1)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Krasnovite | |
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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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Britvin S N, Pakhomovskii Y A, Bogdonova A N (1996) Krasnovite Ba(Al, Mg)(PO4, CO3)(OH)2·H2O a new mineral, Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 125, issue 3 110-112 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Puziewicz J, Roberts A C (1997) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 82, 620-624 [view file] |
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