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Painite X050128

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Record 2854 of 4216  
Name: Painite
RRUFF ID: X050128
Ideal Chemistry: CaZrAl9O15(BO3)
Locality: Ohngaing Village, Mogok, Burma
Source: G.R. Rossman 417
Owner: Caltech
Description:
Status: The identification of this mineral has been determined only by Raman spectroscopy
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Sample Description: de-polarized laser on unoriented sample
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REFERENCES for Painite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

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]

Claringbull G F, Hey M H, Payne C J (1957) Painite, a new mineral from Mogok, Burma, Mineralogical Magazine, 31, 420-425   [view file]

Fleischer M (1957) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 42, 580-586   [view file]

Moore P B, Araki T (1976) Painite, CaZrB[Al9O18]: its crystal structure and relation to jeremejevite, B5[◻3Al6(OH)3O15], and fluoborite, B3[Mg9(F,OH)9O9], American Mineralogist, 61, 88-94   [view file]

Shigley J E, Kampf A R, Rossman G R (1986) New data on painite, Mineralogical Magazine, 50, 267-270   [view file]

Armbruster T, Döbelin N, Peretti A, Günther D, Reusser E, Grobéty B (2004) The crystal structure of painite CaZrB[Al9O18] revisited, American Mineralogist, 89, 610-613   [view file]