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Name: Niobophyllite RRUFF ID: R110048 Ideal Chemistry: K2NaFe2+7(Nb,Ti)2(Si4O12)2O2(OH)4(O,F) Locality: Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi Source: Donald M Doell [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Brown tabular platy crystals associated with quartz Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Groups: [ astrophyllite (11) ] [ Astrophyllite (5) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R110048.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 5.354(2)Å b: 11.836(4)Å c: 11.622(5)Å alpha: 113.03(2)° beta: 94.47(2)° gamma: 103.27(2)° Volume: 648.0(2)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic |
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REFERENCES for Niobophyllite | |
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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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Nickel E H, Rowland J F, Charette D J (1964) Niobophyllite the niobium analogue of astrophyllite; a new mineral from Seal Lake, Labrador, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 40-52 [view file] |
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Fleischer M, Mandarino J A, Strunz H, Cech F (1965) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 50, 261-268 [view file] |
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Piilonen P C, LaLonde A E, McDonald A M, Gault R A, Larsen A O (2003) Insights into astrophyllitegroup minerals. I. Nomenclature, composition and development of a standardized general formula, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 1-26 [view file] |
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Piilonen P C, McDonald A M, LaLonde A E (2003) Insights into astrophyllitegroup minerals. II. Crystal chemistry, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 27-54 [view file] |
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Cámara F, Sokolova E, Abdu Y, Hawthorne F C (2010) The crystal structures of niobophyllite, kupletskite-(Cs) and Sn-rich astrophyllite: Revisions to the crystal chemistry of the astrophyllite-group minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 48, 1-16 [view file] |
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Cámara F, Sokolova E, Abdu Y, Hawthorne F C (2010) The crystal structures of niobophyllite, kupletskite-(Cs) and Sn-rich astrophyllite: Revisions to the crystal chemistry of the astrophyllite-group minerals: Erratum, The Canadian Mineralogist, 48, 431-431 [view file] |
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Sokolova E (2012) Further developments in the structure topology of the astrophyllite-group minerals, Mineralogical Magazine, 76, 863-882 [view file] |
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Sokolova E, Cámara F, Hawthorne F C, Ciriotti M E (2017) The astrophyllite supergroup: nomenclature and classification, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 143-153 |
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