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Name: Bavenite RRUFF ID: R060128 Ideal Chemistry: Ca4Be2+xAl2-xSi9O26-x(OH)2+x (x = 0 to 1) Locality: Foot mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 9330 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: White bladed radial aggregate Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
Quick search: [ All Bavenite samples (3) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R060128.9 | |||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | |||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 23.185(6)Å b: 5.010(2)Å c: 19.425(7)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 2256(5)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Bavenite | |
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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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Artini E (1901) Di una nuova specie minerale trovata nel granito di Baveno, Atti della Reale Accademia dei Lincei, 10, 139-145 [view file] |
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Claringbull G F (1940) Occurrences of bavenite in Switzerland, Mineralogical Magazine, 25, 495-497 [view file] |
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Fleischer M, Switzer G (1953) The bavenite problem, American Mineralogist, 38, 988-993 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1954) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 39, 402-408 [view file] |
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International Mineralogical Association (1962) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 260-263 [view file] |
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Cannillo E, Coda A, Fagnani G (1966) The crystal structure of bavenite, Acta Crystallographica, 20, 301-309 |
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Petersen O V, Micheelsen H I, Leonardsen E S (1995) Bavenite, Ca4Be3Al[Si9O25(OH)3], from Ilímaussaq alkaline complex, South Greenland, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1995, 321-335 |
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Armstrong J A, Friis H, Lieb A, Finch A A, Weller M T (2010) Combined single-crystal X-ray and neutron powder diffraction structure analysis exemplified through full structure determinations of framework and layer beryllate minerals, American Mineralogist, 95, 519-526 [view file] |
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Lussier A J, Hawthorne F C (2011) Short-range constraints on chemical and structural variations in bavenite, Mineralogical Magazine, 75, 213-239 [view file] |
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Hålenius U, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2015) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 24. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2015, Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 247-251 [view file] |
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Szełeg E, Zuzens B, Hawthorne F C, Pieczka A, Szuszkiewicz A, Turniak K, Nejbert K, Ilnicki S S, Friis H, Makovicky E, Weller M T, Lemée-Cailleau M H (2017) Bohseite, ideally Ca4Be4Si9O24(OH)4, from the Piława Górna quarry, the Góry Sowie Block, SW Poland, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 35-46 [view file] |
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