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Name: Larnite RRUFF ID: R070530 Ideal Chemistry: Ca2(SiO4) Locality: Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK Source: Michael Scott S100407 Owner: RRUFF Description: Light gray massive Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
| Mineral Group: [ Not in a structural group (133) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R070530.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 5.515(2)Å b: 6.764(2)Å c: 9.323(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 94.48(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 346.6(1)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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| REFERENCES for Larnite | |
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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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Schairer J F (1929) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 14, 338-340 [view file] |
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Tilley C E (1929) On larnite (calcium orthosilicate, a new mineral) and its associated minerals from the limestone-contact zone of Scawt Hill, Co. Antrim, Mineralogical Magazine, 22, 77-86 [view file] |
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Bowen N L, Schairer J F, Posnjak E (1933) The system, Ca2SiO4-Fe2SiO4, American Journal of Science, 25, 273-297 [view file] |
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Bridge T E (1966) Bredigite, larnite and γ dicalcium silicates from Marble Canyon, American Mineralogist, 51, 1766-1774 [view file] |
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Moore P B (1973) Bracelets and pinwheels: A topological-geometrical approach to the calcium orthosilicate and alkali sulfate structures, American Mineralogist, 58, 32-42 [view file] |
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Jost K H, Ziemer B, Seydel R (1977) Redetermination of the structure of β-dicalcium silicate, Acta Crystallographica, B33, 1696-1700 |
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Tsurumi T, Hirano Y, Kato H, Kamiya T, Daimon M (1994) Crystal structure and hydration of belite, Ceramic Transactions, 40, 19-25 |
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Swamy V, Dubrovinsky L S (1997) Thermodynamic data for the phases in the CaSiO3 system, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 61, 1181-1191 |
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Nasdala L, Brenker F E, Glinnemann J, Hofmeister W, Gasparik T, Harris J W, Stachel T, Reese I (2003) Spectroscopic 2D-tomography: Residual pressure and strain around mineral inclusions in diamonds, European Journal of Mineralogy, 15, issue 6 931-935 |
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Brenker F E, Vincze L, Vekemans B, Nasdala L, Stachel T, Vollmer C, Kersten M, Somogyi A, Adams F, Joswig W, Harris J W (2005) Detection of a Ca-rich lithology in the Earth's deep (>300 km) convecting mantle, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 236, issue 3-4 579-587 |
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Yamnova N A, Zubkova N V, Eremin N N, Zadov A E, Gazeev V M (2011) Crystal structure of larnite β-Ca2SiO4 and specific features of polymorphic transitions in dicalcium orthosilicate, Crystallography Reports, 56, issue 2 210-220 |
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Xiong Z, Liu X, Shieh S R, Wang S, Chang L, Tang J, Hong X, Zhang Z, Wang H (2016) Some thermodynamic properties of larnite (β-Ca2SiO4) constrained by high T/P experiment and/or theoretical simulation, American Mineralogist, 101, 277-288 |
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Novembre D, Pace C, Gimeno D (2018) Synthesis and characterization of wollastonite-2M by using a diatomite precursor, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 95-110 |
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