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Name: Sadanagaite RRUFF ID: R080070 Ideal Chemistry: NaCa2(Mg3Al2)(Si5Al3)O22(OH)2 Locality: Ilmen Mts, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Urals Region, Russia Source: Michael Scott S102448 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Unconsolidated aggregate of black to dark brown grains showing strong pleochroism Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ amphibole (107) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R080070.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 9.928(1)Å b: 18.090(3)Å c: 5.3651(8)Å alpha: 90° beta: 105.214(8)° gamma: 90° Volume: 929.8(3)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Sadanagaite | |
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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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Shimazaki H, Bunno M, Ozawa T (1984) Sadanagaite and magnesio-sadanagaite, new silica-poor members of calcic amphibole from Japan, American Mineralogist, 69, 465-471 [view file] |
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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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Nikondrov S N, Kobyashev Y S, Valizer P M (2001) Sadanagaite series in II'menogorsky alkaline complex (the Urals, Russia), Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 130, issue 1 95-99 [view file] |
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Banno Y, Miyawaki R, Matsubara S, Makino K, Bunno M, Yamada S, Kamiya T (2004) Magnesiosadanagaite, a new member of the amphibole group from Kasuga-mura, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, European Journal of Mineralogy, 16, 177-183 [view file] |
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Hawthorne F C, Harlow G E (2008) The crystal chemistry of Al-rich amphiboles: sadanagaite and potassic-ferrisadanagaite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 46, 151-162 [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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