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Name: Potassic-fluoro-richterite RRUFF ID: R060034 Ideal Chemistry: K(NaCa)Mg5Si8O22F2 Locality: Walgidee, Western Australia, Australia Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 8624 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Transparent brown water worn crystal fragment Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
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Mineral Group: [ amphibole (107) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R060034.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 9.9067(3)Å b: 18.079(2)Å c: 5.3091(5)Å alpha: 90° beta: 105.077(5)° gamma: 90° Volume: 918.14(8)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Potassic-fluoro-richterite | |
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Della Ventura G, Maras A, Parodi G C (1983) Potassium-fluorrichterite from Monte Somma (Campania) Italy, Periodico di Mineralogia, 52, 617-630 [view file] |
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Della Ventura G, Parodi G C, Maras A (1992) Potassium-fluor-richterite, a new amphibole from San Vito, Monte Somma, Campania, Italy, Rendiconti dell'Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, 3, 239-245 |
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Burke E A J, Leake B E (2004) "Named amphiboles": a new category of amphiboles recognized by the International Mineralogical Association (IMA), and the proper order of prefixes to be used in amphibole names, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 1881-1883 [view file] |
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Hawthorne F C, Oberti R, Harlow G E, Maresch W V, Martin R F, Schumacher J C, Welch M D (2012) Nomenclature of the amphibole supergroup, American Mineralogist, 97, 2031-2048 [view file] |
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