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Name: Shkatulkalite RRUFF ID: R110193 Ideal Chemistry: Na2Nb2Na3Ti(Si2O7)2O2(FO)(H2O)4(H2O)3 Locality: Demix-Varennes quarry, Saint-Amable sill, Varennes & St-Amable, Lajemmerais RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada Source: Donald Doell [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Pale yellow platy Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed. |
Mineral Group: [ Epistolite (9) ] |
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REFERENCES for Shkatulkalite | |
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Menchikov Y P, Khomyakov A P, Polezhaeva L I, Rastsvetaeva R K (1996) Shkatulkalite Na10MnTi3Nb3(Si2O7)6 (OH)2F·12H2O a new mineral, Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 125, issue 1 120-126 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Pertsev N N, Roberts A C (1997) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 82, 430-433 [view file] |
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Nèmeth P, Ferraris G, Radnóczi G, Ageeva O A (2005) TEM and X-ray study of syntactic intergrowths of epistolite, murmanite and shkatulkalite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 973-987 [view file] |
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Locock A J, Piilonen P C, Ercit T S, Rowe R (2006) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 91, 216-224 [view file] |
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Zolotarev Jr. A A, Selivanova E A, Krivovichev S V, Savchenko Y E, Panikorovskii T L, Lyalina L M, Pautov L A, Yakovenchuk V N (2018) Shkatulkalite, a rare mineral from the Lovozero massif, Kola Peninsula: A re-investigation, Minerals, 8, 303 [view file] |
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Miyawaki R, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2022) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 68, Mineralogical Magazine, 86, 854-859 [view file] |
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Sokolova E, Day M C, Hawthorne F C, Cámara F (2022) From structure topology to chemical composition. XXX. Refinement of the crystal structure and chemical formula of shkatulkalite, Na2Nb2Na3Ti(Si2O7)2O2(FO)(H2O)4(H2O)3, a lamprophyllite-group (seidozerite supergroup) TS-block mineral from the Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 60, 493-512 |
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