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Name: Julgoldite-(Fe2+) RRUFF ID: R070725 Ideal Chemistry: Ca2Fe2+Fe3+2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2·H2O Locality: Khandivali Quarry (Kandivali Quarry), Mumbai District (Bombay District), Maharashtra, India Source: Michael Scott S104176 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Clusters of black blades associated with pale green bladed prehnite and quartz Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
Mineral Group: [ Pumpellyite (6) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | ||||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R070725.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder, mixed with quartz | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 8.912(1)Å b: 6.0661(6)Å c: 19.380(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 97.586(9)° gamma: 90° Volume: 1038.50(9)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Julgoldite-(Fe2+) | |
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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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Moore P B (1967) Eleven new minerals from Langban, Sweden, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 301-301 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1971) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 56, 2156-2159 [view file] |
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Moore P B (1971) Julgoldite, the Fe+2 - Fe+3 dominant pumpellyite, a new mineral from Långban, Sweden, Lithos, 4, 93-99 |
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Allmann R, Donnay G (1973) The crystal structure of julgoldite, Mineralogical Magazine, 39, 271-281 [view file] |
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Passaglia E, Gottardi G (1973) Crystal chemistry and nomenclature of pumpellyites and julgoldites, The Canadian Mineralogist, 12, 219-223 [view file] |
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Nagashima M, Cametti G, Armbruster T (2018) Crystal chemistry of julgoldite, a mineral series of the pumpellyite group: re-investigation of Fe distribution and hydrogen-bonding, European Journal of Mineralogy, 30, 721-731 |
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