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Name: Bobfergusonite RRUFF ID: R160069 Ideal Chemistry: ◻Na2Mn2+5Fe3+Al(PO4)6 Locality: Nancy Pegmatite, Chacabuco Dept, San Luis, Argentina Source: Thomas A. Loomis [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Dark brown massive, associated with dark green dicksonite (R160071) Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
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RRUFF ID: | R160069.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 12.8010(9)Å b: 12.4838(8)Å c: 11.0192(8)Å alpha: 90° beta: 97.3641(39)° gamma: 90° Volume: 1746.39(32)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Bobfergusonite | |
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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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Ercit T S, Anderson A J, Černý P, Hawthorne F C (1986) Bobfergusonite: A new primary phosphate mineral from Cross Lake, Manitoba, The Canadian Mineralogist, 24, 599-604 [view file] |
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Ercit T S, Hawthorne F C, Černý P (1986) The crystal structure of bobfergusonite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 24, 605-614 [view file] |
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Hawthorne F C, Burke E A J, Ercit T S, Grew E S, Grice J D, Jambor J L, Puziewicz J, Roberts A C, Vanko D A (1988) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 73, 189-199 [view file] |
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Tait K T, Hawthorne F C, Černý P, Galliski M A (2004) Bobfergusonite from the Nancy pegmatite, San Luis Range, Argentina: crystal-structure refinement and chemical composition, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 705-716 [view file] |
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Roda-Robles E, Galliski M A, Roquet M B, Hatert F, Parseval P (2012) Phosphate nodules containing two distinct assemblages in the Cema granitic pegmatite, San Luis province, Argentina: paragenesis, composition and significance, The Canadian Mineralogist, 50, 913-931 |
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Hatert F (2019) A new nomenclature scheme for the alluaudite supergroup, European Journal of Mineralogy, 31, 807-822 [view file] |
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