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|   | Name: Georgechaoite RRUFF ID: R100082 Ideal Chemistry: KNaZrSi3O9·2H2O Locality: Pocos de Caldas, Minas Gerais, Brazil Source: Luiz Menezes [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Blocky yellowish-orange crystals associated with colorless analcime Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. | |
| Mineral Group: [ Gaidonnayite (3) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R100082.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 11.771(6)Å    b: 12.858(9)Å    c: 6.695(4)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1013.3(9)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic | ||||||
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| REFERENCES for Georgechaoite | |
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| 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] | |
| Boggs R C, Ghose S (1985) Georgechaoite NaKZrSi3O9·2H2O, a new mineral species from Wind Mountain, New Mexico, The Canadian Mineralogist, 23, 1-4 [view file] | |
| Ghose S, Thakur P (1985) The crystal structure of georgechaoite NaKZrSi3O9·2H2O, The Canadian Mineralogist, 23, 5-10 [view file] | |
| Dunn P J, Chao G Y, Fitzpatrick J J, Langley R H, Fleischer M, Zilczer J A (1986) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 71, 227-232 [view file] | |
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