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Name: Beusite RRUFF ID: R160031 Ideal Chemistry: Mn2+Mn2+2(PO4)2 Locality: Santa Ana Pegmatite, Argentina Source: Jaroslav Hyršl [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Orange massive Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
| Mineral Group: [ Graftonite (2) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R160031.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 8.8089(8)Å b: 11.5580(9)Å c: 6.1819(5)Å alpha: 90° beta: 99.1521(48)° gamma: 90° Volume: 621.39(13)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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| REFERENCES for Beusite | |
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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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Hurlbut C S, Aristarain L F (1968) Beusite, a new mineral from Argentina, and the graftonite-beusite series, American Mineralogist, 53, 1799-1814 [view file] |
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Nord A G, Annersten Hans (1987) A High-Pressure Phase of Manganese(II) Orthophosphate, Mn3(PO4)2, Acta Chemica Scandinavica, 41, 56-58 |
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Wise M A, Černý P (1990) Beusite-triphylite intergrowths from the Yellowknife pegmatite field, Northwest Territories, The Canadian Mineralogist, 28, 133-139 [view file] |
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Wise M A, Hawthorne F C, Černý P (1990) Crystal structure of Ca-rich beusite from the Yellowknife pegmatite field, Northwest Territories, The Canadian Mineralogist, 28, 141-146 [view file] |
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Steele I M, Olsen E, Pluth J, Davis A M, (1991) Occurrence and crystal structure of Ca-free beusite in the El Sampal IIIA iron meteorite, American Mineralogist, 76, 1985-1989 [view file] |
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Galliski M A, Oyarzábal J C, Márquez-Zavalía M F, Chapman R (2009) The association qingheiite – beusite – lithiophilite in the Santa Ana pegmatite, San Luis, Argentina, The Canadian Mineralogist, 47, 1213-1223 |
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Tait K T, Hawthorne F C, Wise M A (2013) The crystal chemistry of the graftonite-beusite minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 51, 653-662 |
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Roda-Robles E, Pesquera A, García de Madinabeitia S , Gil Ibarguchi J, Nizamoff J, Simmons W, Falster A, Galliski M A (2014) On the geochemical character of primary Fe-Mn phosphates belonging to the triphylite-lithiophilite, graftonite-beusite, and triplite-zwieselite series: first results and implications for pegmatite petrogenesis, The Canadian Mineralogist, 52, 321-335 [view file] |
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Hålenius U, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2017) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 36. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2017, European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 339-344 [view file] |
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Hawthorne F C, Pieczka A (2018) Classification of the minerals of the graftonite group, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 1301-1306 [view file] |
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