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Name: Labuntsovite-Mn RRUFF ID: R110169 Ideal Chemistry: Na4K4Mn2+2Ti8O4(Si4O12)4(OH)4·10-12H2O Locality: Mont St-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada Source: Donald V Doell [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Brownish-red bladed crystals associated with albite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ labuntsovite (11) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R110169.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 14.148(3)Å b: 13.743(4)Å c: 7.741(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 116.60(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 1345.7(3)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Labuntsovite-Mn | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Semenov E I, Burova T A (1955) On the new mineral labuntsovite and on the so-called titanelpidite, Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 101, 1113-1116 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1956) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 41, 163-168 [view file] |
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Golovastikov N I (1973) Crystal structure of the alkali titanosilicate labuntsovite, Kristallografiya, 18, 950-955 |
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Golovastikov N I (1974) Crystal structure of the alkali titanosilicate labuntsovite, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 10, 596-599 [view file] |
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Golovina N I, Shilov G V, Chukanov N V, et al. (1998) Crystal structure of manganese-rich analogue of labuntsovite, Doklady Akademii Nauk, 362, 350-352 |
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Chukanov N V, Pekov I V, Rastsvetaeva R K, Nekrasov A N (1999) Labuntsovite: Solid solutions and features of the crystal structure, The Canadian Mineralogist, 37, 901-910 [view file] |
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Chukanov N V, Pekov I V, Khomyakov A P (2002) Recommended nomeclature for labuntsovite-group minerals, European Journal of Mineralogy, 14, 165-173 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Roberts A C (2002) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 87, 1731-1735 [view file] |
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Rastsvetaeva R K, Chukanov N V (2002) X-ray diffraction and IR spectroscopy study of labuntsovite-group minerals, Crystallography Reports, 47, 939-945 [view file] |
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Grice J D, Ferraris G (2003) New minerals approved in 2002 and nomenclature modifications approved in 1998-2002 by the Commission on the New Minerals and Mineral Names, International Mineralogical Association, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 795-802 [view file] |
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