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Name: Vistepite RRUFF ID: R070712 Ideal Chemistry: Mn4SnB2O2(Si2O7)2(OH)2 Locality: Rhodonite occurrence, Muzeinyi Valley, Inyl'chek Range, Issyk-Kul'skaya Oblast, Kyrgyzstan Source: Michael Scott S100544 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Yellow gemmy fragments associated with rhodonite. Portion of type sample. Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | |||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R070712.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 6.976(2)Å b: 7.368(2)Å c: 7.668(2)Å alpha: 89.89(1)° beta: 62.95(1)° gamma: 76.92(1)° Volume: 339.6(1)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic |
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REFERENCES for Vistepite | |
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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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Pautov L A, Belakovsky D I, Scala R, Sokolova E V (1992) Vistepite Mn5SnB2Si5O20 a new borosilicate of manganese and tin, Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 121, issue 4 107-112 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Roberts A C, Vanko D A (1994) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 79, 1009-1014 [view file] |
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Hybler J, Petrícek V, Jurek K, Skála R, Císarová I (1997) Structure determination of vistepite SnMn4B2Si4O16(OH)2: isotypism with bustamite, revised crystallographic data and composition, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 1283-1292 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Kovalenker V A, Roberts A C (1998) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 83, 1117-1121 [view file] |
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