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Name: Rhodizite RRUFF ID: R110072 Ideal Chemistry: KBe4Al4(B11Be)O28 Locality: Sahanivotry, Sud Antzirabe, Madagascar Source: Renato & Adriana Pagano Owner: RRUFF Description: Pale yellow dodecahedra Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Rhodizite (2) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Rhodizite samples (2) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | |||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R110072.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 7.293(2)Å b: 7.293(2)Å c: 7.293(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 387.82(3)Å3 Crystal System: cubic |
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REFERENCES for Rhodizite | |
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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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Rose G (1834) Ueber den Rhodizit, eine neue Mineralgattung, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 33, 253-256 [view file] |
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Buerger M J, Taxer K J (1966) Rhodizite: structure and composition, Science, 152, 500-502 |
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Fleischer M (1966) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 51, 529-534 [view file] |
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Taxer K, Buerger M J (1967) The crystal structure of rhodizite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 125, 423-436 [view file] |
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Pring A, Din V K, Jefferson D A, Thomas J M (1986) The crystal chemistry of rhodizite: a re-examination, Mineralogical Magazine, 50, 163-172 [view file] |
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Hawthorne F C, Jambor J L, Bladh K W, Burke E A J, Grice J D, Phillips D, Roberts A C, Schedler R A, Shigley J E (1987) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 72, 1023-1028 [view file] |
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Hawthorne F C, Burke E A J, Ercit T S, Grew E S, Grice J D, Jambor J L, Puziewicz J, Roberts A C, Vanko D A (1988) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 73, 189-199 [view file] |
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Laurs B M, F Pezzotta, Simmons W B, Falster A U, Muhlmeister S (2002) Rhodizite-londonite from the Antsongombato pegmatite, central Madagascar, Gems & Gemology, 38, 326-339 [view file] |
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Pekov I V, Yakubovich O V, Massa W, Chukanov N V, Kononkova N N, Agakhanov A A, Karpenko V Y (2010) Londonite from the Urals, and new aspects of the crystal chemistry of the rhodozite-londonite series, The Canadian Mineralogist, 48, 241-254 [view file] |
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