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Name: Fluor-uvite RRUFF ID: R100151 Ideal Chemistry: CaMg3(Al5Mg)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3F Locality: Mozambique Source: William W. Pinch [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Yellow cut gemstone Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed. |
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Mineral Group: [ tourmaline (49) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Fluor-uvite samples (4) ] |
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REFERENCES for Fluor-uvite | |
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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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Kunitz W (1930) Die Mischungsreihen in der Turmalingruppe und die genetischen Beziehungen zwischen Turmalinen und Glimmern, Chemie der Erde, 4, 208-251 [view file] |
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Dunn P J, Appleman D, Nelen J A, Norberg J (1977) Uvite, a new (old) common member of the tourmaline group and it's implications for collectors, The Mineralogical Record, 8, 100-108 [view file] |
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Taylor M C, Cooper M A, Hawthorne F C (1995) Local charge-compensation in hydroxyl-deficient uvite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 33, 1215-1221 [view file] |
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Gashrova B, Mihailova B, Konstantinov L (1997) Raman spectra of various types of tourmaline, European Journal of Mineralogy, 9, 935-940 |
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Hawthorne F C, Henry D J (1999) Classification of the minerals of the tourmaline group, European Journal of Mineralogy, 11, 201-215 [view file] |
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Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S (2010) IMA Commission on new minerals, nomenclature and classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 2. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2010, Mineralogical Magazine, 74, 375-377 [view file] |
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Henry D J, Novák M, Hawthorne F C, Ertl A, Dutrow B L, Uher P, Pezzotta F (2011) Nomenclature of the tourmaline-supergroup minerals, American Mineralogist, 96, 895-913 [view file] |
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Bosi F (2018) Tourmaline crystal chemistry, American Mineralogist, 103, 298-306 [view file] |
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Hovis G L, Tribaudino M, Altomare C, Bosi F (2023) Thermal expansion of minerals in the tourmaline supergroup, American Mineralogist, 108, 1053-1063 |
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