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Name: Kimzeyite RRUFF ID: R060148 Ideal Chemistry: Ca3Zr2(SiAl2)O12 Locality: Magnet Cove, Arkansas, USA Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Black dodecahedra mixed with andradite and associated with quartz Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
Mineral Group: [ garnet (97) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | |||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R060148.1 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Powder, mixture of two garnets, refined andradite, a = 12.1073(8) | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 12.4680(9)Å b: 12.4680(9)Å c: 12.4680(9)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1938.2(0)Å3 Crystal System: cubic |
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REFERENCES for Kimzeyite | |
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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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Fleischer M (1958) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 43, 1006-1008 [view file] |
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Milton C, Blade L V (1958) Preliminary note on kimzeyite, a new zirconium garnet, Science, 127, 1343-1343 |
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Milton C, Ingram B L, Blade L V (1961) Kimzeyite, a zirconium garnet from Magnet Cove, Arkansas, American Mineralogist, 46, 533-548 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1962) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 47, 805-812 [view file] |
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International Mineralogical Association (1967) Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 131-136 [view file] |
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Munno R, Rossi G, Tadini C (1980) Crystal chemistry of kimzeyite from Stromboli, Aeolian Islands, Italy, American Mineralogist, 65, 188-191 [view file] |
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Schingaro E, Scordari F, Capitanio F, Parodi G, Smith D C, Mottana A (2001) Crystal chemistry of kimzeyite from Anguillara, Mts. Sabatini, Italy, European Journal of Mineralogy, 13, 749-759 |
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Giuli G, Cicconi M R, Paris E (2012) The [4]Fe3+-O distance in synthetic kimzeyite garnet, Ca3Zr2[Fe2SiO12], European Journal of Mineralogy, 24, 783-790 |
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Grew E S, Locock A J, Mills S J, Galuskina I O, Galuskin E V, Hålenius U (2013) Nomenclature of the garnet supergroup, American Mineralogist, 98, 785-811 [view file] |
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