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Name: Yttrotungstite-(Y) RRUFF ID: R050569 Ideal Chemistry: Y(W,Fe,Si,Al,Ti)2(O,OH,H2O)9 Locality: Perak, Malaysia Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 3086 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless flattened lathlike crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
Mineral Group: [ Yttrotungstite (1) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R050569.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 6.9500(3)Å b: 8.6352(7)Å c: 5.7641(6)Å alpha: 90.° beta: 104.883(6)° gamma: 90.° Volume: 334.33(4)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Yttrotungstite-(Y) | |
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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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Scrivenor J B, Shenton J C (1927) Thorotungstite. A mineral containing tungsten and thorium from the Federated Malay States, American Journal of Science, 13, 487-490 [view file] |
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Beard E H (1950) Thorotungstite - a misnomer, Colonial Geology and Mineral Resources, 1, 50-51 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1951) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 36, 638-642 [view file] |
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Sahama T G, von Knorring O, Lehtinen M (1970) Cerotungstite, a cerian analogue to yttrotungstite, from Uganda, Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland, 42, 223-228 [view file] |
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Davis R J, Smith G W (1971) Yttrotungstite, Mineralogical Magazine, 38, 261-285 [view file] |
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Sahama T G (1981) The secondary tungsten minerals, a review, The Mineralogical Record, 12, 81-87 [view file] |
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Nickel E H, Mandarino J A (1987) Procedures involving the IMA Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names and guidelines on mineral nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 72, 1031-1042 [view file] |
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