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Name: Parafransoletite RRUFF ID: R130056 Ideal Chemistry: Ca3Be2(PO4)2(PO3OH)2·4H2O Locality: Tip Top mine, Custer, South Dakota, USA Source: Thomas A. Loomis TL-19 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: White bladed crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R130056.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 7.3406(9)Å b: 7.719(1)Å c: 7.077(1)Å alpha: 94.912(7)° beta: 96.768(9)° gamma: 101.860(8)° Volume: 387.2(1)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic |
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REFERENCES for Parafransoletite | |
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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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Kampf A R, Dunn P J, Foord E E (1992) Parafransoletite, a new dimorph of fransoletite from the Tip Top Pegmatite, Custer, South Dakota, American Mineralogist, 77, 843-847 [view file] |
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Kampf A R (1992) Beryllophosphate chains in the structure of fransoletite, parafransoletite, and ehrleite and some general comments on berllophosphate linkages, American Mineralogist, 77, 848-856 [view file] |
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