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Name: Mangano-ferri-eckermannite RRUFF ID: R070122 Ideal Chemistry: NaNa2(Mn2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2 Locality: Tanohata mine, Iwate Prefecture, Tohoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan Source: Michael Scott S100408 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Dark red bladed crystals and cleavages associated with braunite Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
Mineral Group: [ amphibole (107) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R070122.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 9.909(5)Å b: 18.104(9)Å c: 5.298(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 104.03(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 922(1)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Mangano-ferri-eckermannite | |
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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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Nambu M, Tanida K, Kitamura T (1969) Kôzulite, a new alkali amphibole, from Tanohata Mine, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, Journal of the Japanese Association of Mineralogists, Petrologists and Economic Geologists, 62, 311-328 [view file] |
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Fleischer M, Nickel E H (1970) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 55, 1810-1818 [view file] |
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Kitamura M, Morimoto N (1972) Crystal structure of kôzulite and tetrahedral Al in amphiboles, Acta Crystallographica, A28, S71 |
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Leake B E (1978) Nomenclature of amphiboles, American Mineralogist, 63, 1023-1052 [view file] |
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Ashley P M (1986) An unusual manganese silicate occurance at the Hoskins mine, Grenfell district, New South Wales, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 33, 441-456 |
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Leake B E, Woolley A R, Arps C E S, Birch W D, Gilbert M C, Grice J D, Hawthorne F C, Kato A, Kisch H J, Krivovichev V G, Linthout K, Laird J, Mandarino J A, Maresch W V, Nickel E H, Rock N M S, Schumacher J C, Smith D C, Stephenson N C N, Ungaretti L, Whittaker E J W, Youzhi G (1997) Nomenclature of amphiboles: report of the Subcommittee on Amphiboles of the International Mineralogical Association, Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 219-246 [view file] |
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Leake B E, Woolley A R, Birch W D, Burke E A J, Ferraris G, Grice J D, Hawthorne F C, Kisch H J, Krivovichev V G, Schumacher J C, Stephenson N C N, Whittaker E J W (2003) Nomenclature of amphiboles: additions and revisions to the International Mineralogical Associations 1997 recommendations, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 1355-1362 [view file] |
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Mogessie A, Ettinger K, and Leake BE (2004) AMPH-IMA04: a revised Hypercard program to determine the name of an amphibole from chemical analyses according to the 2004 International Mineralogical Association scheme, Mineralogical Magazine, 68, issue 5 825-830 [view file] |
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Barkley M C, Yang H, Downs R T (2010) Kôzulite, an Mn-rich alkali amphibole, Acta Crystallographica, E66, i83 [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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