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Name: Yugawaralite RRUFF ID: R050407 Ideal Chemistry: Ca(Si6Al2)O16·4H2O Locality: Malad quarry, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Source: G.R. Rossman MK29 Owner: RRUFF Description: Group of colorless flat tabular crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
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Quick search: [ All Yugawaralite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R050407.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 6.7241(5)Å b: 13.9970(9)Å c: 10.0503(4)Å alpha: 90.° beta: 111.186(4)° gamma: 90.° Volume: 881.98(6)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Yugawaralite | |
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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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Sakurai K, Hayashi A (1952) Yugawaralite, a new zeolite, Science Reports of the Yokohama National University, 1, 69-77 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1953) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 38, 426-426 [view file] |
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Leimer H W, Slaughter M (1969) The determination and refinement of the crystal structure of yugawaralite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 130, 88-111 [view file] |
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Eberlein G D, Erd R C, Weber F, Beatty L B (1971) New occurrence of yugawaralite from the Chena Hot Springs Area, Alaska, American Mineralogist, 56, 1699-1717 [view file] |
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Pongiluppi D (1977) A new occurrence of yugawaralite at Osilo, Sardinia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 15, 113-114 [view file] |
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Kvick Å, Artioli G, Smith J V (1986) Neutron diffraction study of the zeolite yugawaralite at 13 K, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 174, 265-281 [view file] |
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Coombs D S, Alberti A, Armbruster T, Artioli G, Colella C, Galli E, Grice J D, Liebau F, Mandarino J A, Minato H, Nickel E H, Passaglia E, Peacor D R, Quartieri S, Rinaldi R, Ross M, Sheppard R A, Tillmanns E, Vezzalini G, (1997) Recommended nomenclature for zeolite minerals: report of the Subcommittee on Zeolites of the International Mineralogical Association, Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 1571-1606 [view file] |
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Tanaka T, Kimura R, Akizuki M, Kudoh Y (2002) Origin of low-symmetry growth sectors in edingtonite and yugawaralite, and crystal structure of the k{011} and v{120} sectors of yugawaralite, Mineralogical Magazine, 66, 409-420 [view file] |
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Fois E, Gamba A, Tabacchi G, Arletti R, Quartieri S, Vezzalini G (2005) The "template" effect of the extra-framework content on zeolite compression: the case of yugawaralite, American Mineralogist, 90, 28-35 [view file] |
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