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Name: Devitoite RRUFF ID: R130083 Ideal Chemistry: Ba6Fe2+7Fe3+2(Si4O12)2(PO4)2(CO3)O2(OH)4 Locality: Big Creek in eastern Fresno County, California, USA Source: George R. Rossman Owner: Anthony R. Kampf Description: Cream to pale brown streak, a silky luster. Data from Kampf et al (2010) Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
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| Mineral Groups: [ astrophyllite (11) ] [ Devitoite (2) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R130083.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 5.3437(7)Å b: 11.6726(15)Å c: 14.680(2)Å alpha: 91.337(4)° beta: 96.757(4)° gamma: 103.233(4)° Volume: 884.0(2)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic |
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| REFERENCES for Devitoite | |
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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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Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M (2009) New minerals approved in 2009, in International Mineralogical Association 1-34 [view file] |
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Kampf A R, Rossman G R, Steele I M, Pluth J J, Dunning G E, Walstrom R E (2010) Devitoite, a new heterophyllosilicate mineral with astrophyllite-like layers from eastern Fresno County, California, The Canadian Mineralogist, 48, 29-40 [view file] |
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Piilonen P C, Poirier G, Ercit T S, Rowe R, Tait K T (2010) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 95, 1594-1600 [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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