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Name: Holtedahlite RRUFF ID: R060710 Ideal Chemistry: Mg12(PO3OH,CO3)(PO4)5(OH,O)6 Locality: Tingelstadtjern, Modum, Norway Source: Bob Jenkins [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Pale grey crystals embedded in matrix Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed. |
Mineral Group: [ Holtedahlite (2) ] |
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REFERENCES for Holtedahlite | |
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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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Raade G, Mladeck M H (1979) Holtedahlite, a new magnesium phosphate from Modum, Norway, Lithos, 12, 283-287 |
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Fleischer M, Cabri L J, Chao G Y, Pabst A (1980) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 65, 808-814 [view file] |
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Rømming C, Raade G (1989) The crystal structure of natural and synthetic holtedahlite, Mineralogy and Petrology, 40, 91-100 |
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Jambor J L, Grew E S (1990) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 75, 931-937 [view file] |
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Brunet F, Schaller T (1996) Protons in the magnesium phosphates phosphoellenbergerite and holtedahlite: An IR and NMR study, American Mineralogist, 81, 385-394 [view file] |
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Evans R J, Groat L A (2012) Structure and topology of dumortierite and dumortierite-like materials, The Canadian Mineralogist, 50, 1197-1231 [view file] |
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