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Name: Sabinaite RRUFF ID: R110174 Ideal Chemistry: Na4TiZr2O4(CO3)4 Locality: Mont St-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada Source: Donald Doell [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Brown pseudohexagonal platy crystals on orthoclase Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R110174.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 10.210(2)Å b: 6.6232(8)Å c: 17.983(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 94.164(8)° gamma: 90° Volume: 1212.8(2)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Sabinaite | |
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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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Jambor J L, Sturman B D, Weatherly G C (1980) Sabinaite, a new anhydrous zirconium-bearing carbonate mineral from Montreal Island, Québec, The Canadian Mineralogist, 18, 25-29 [view file] |
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Fleischer M, Cabri L J (1981) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 66, 1274-1280 [view file] |
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Chao G Y, Jiexiang G (1985) Sabinaite: a new occurrence and new data, The Canadian Mineralogist, 23, 17-19 [view file] |
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Dunn P J, Chao G Y, Fitzpatrick J J, Langley R H, Fleischer M, Zilczer J A (1986) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 71, 227-232 [view file] |
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McDonald A M (1996) The crystal structure of sabinaite, Na4Zr2TiO4(CO3)4, The Canadian Mineralogist, 34, 811-815 [view file] |
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