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Name: Jeremejevite RRUFF ID: R060533 Ideal Chemistry: Al6(BO3)5F3 Locality: Erongo Mountains, Nambia Source: Gemological Institute of America 30222 Owner: RRUFF Description: Pale blue fragments of hexagonal prisms Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
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Quick search: [ All Jeremejevite samples (3) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R060533.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 8.5565(1)Å b: 8.5565(1)Å c: 8.1781(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 518.53(2)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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REFERENCES for Jeremejevite | |
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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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Damour A A (1883) Note sur un borate d´alumine cristallisé, de la Sibérie. Nouvell espèce minérale, Bulletin de la Société Minéralogique de France, 6, 20-23 [view file] |
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Moore P B, Araki T (1976) Painite, CaZrB[Al9O18]: its crystal structure and relation to jeremejevite, B5[◻3Al6(OH)3O15], and fluoborite, B3[Mg9(F,OH)9O9], American Mineralogist, 61, 88-94 [view file] |
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Foord E E, Erd R C, Hunt G R (1981) New data for jeremejevite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 19, 303-310 [view file] |
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Fleischer M, Cabri L J, Chao G Y, Mandarino J A, Pabst A (1982) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 67, 1074-1082 [view file] |
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Rodellas C, García-Blanco S, Vegas A (1983) Crystal structure refinement of jeremejevite (Al6B5F3O15), Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 165, 255-260 [view file] |
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Kutzschbach M, Wunder B, Meixner A, Wirth R, Heinrich W, Franz G (2016) Jeremejevite as a precursor for olenitic tourmaline: consequences of non-classical crystallization pathways for composition, textures and B isotope patterns of tourmaline, European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 239-255 |
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Hulsobosch N, Thomas R, Boiron M-C, Dewaele S, Muchez P (2017) Direct observation of boro-aluminosilicate melt compositions: Insights from Raman spectroscopy of melt inclusions in pegmatitic tourmaline of the Gatumba-Gitarama area (Rwanda), The Canadian Mineralogist, 55, 377-397 |
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