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Name: Milarite RRUFF ID: R070464 Ideal Chemistry: KCa2(Be2AlSi12)O30·H2O Locality: Rössing Mine, Arandis, Swakopmund District, Namibia Source: Michael Scott S105271 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Fragments from a pale yellow green hexagonal prism Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
Mineral Group: [ Milarite (18) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Milarite samples (3) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R070464.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 10.3995(2)Å b: 10.3995(2)Å c: 13.7839(7)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 1291.00(6)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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REFERENCES for Milarite | |
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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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Kenngott A (1870) Mittheilungen an Professor G. Leonhard, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Palaontologie, 1870, 80-81 [view file] |
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Goβner B, Muβgnug F (1930) Über Alstonit und Milarit, Centralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie, 1930, 220-238 |
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Palache C (1931) On the presence of beryllium in milarite, American Mineralogist, 16, 469-470 [view file] |
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Belov N V (1957) New silicate structures, Acta Crystallographica, 10, 757-758 |
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Černý P, Hawthorne F C, Jarosewich E (1980) Crystal chemistry of milarite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 18, 41-57 [view file] |
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Armbruster T, Bermanec V, Wenger M, Oberhansli R (1989) Crystal chemistry of double-ring silicates: Structure of natural and dehydrated milarite at 100 K, European Journal of Mineralogy, 1, 353-362 |
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Černý P, Hawthorne F C, Jambor J L, Grice J D (1991) Yttrian milarite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 29, 533-541 [view file] |
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Roth P (2007) Milarite, in Minerals first discovered in Switzerland and minerals named after Swiss individuals Kristallografik Verlag Achberg Germany 112-113 |
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Gagné O C, Hawthorne F C (2016) Chemographic exploration of the milarite-type structure, The Canadian Mineralogist, 54, 1229-1247 |
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Hawthorne F C, Sokolova E, Pautov L A, Agakhanov A A, Karpenko V Y (2016) Refinement of the crystal structure of berezanskite, Ti2◻2KLi3(Si12O30), Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 733-737 |
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