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Name: Priderite RRUFF ID: R130169 Ideal Chemistry: K(Ti7Fe3+)O16 Locality: Vounnemiok River, Kola Peninsula, Russia Source: Rock Currier [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Black prismatic crystals and massive in quartz Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
Mineral Group: [ Coronadite (13) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Priderite samples (3) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | |||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R130169.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 10.083(7)Å b: 10.083(7)Å c: 2.947(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 299.57(7)Å3 Crystal System: tetragonal |
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REFERENCES for Priderite | |
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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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Fleischer M (1951) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 36, 793-794 [view file] |
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Norrish K (1951) Priderite, a new mineral from the leucite-lamproites of the west Kimberley area, western Austrailia, Mineralogical Magazine, 29, 496-501 [view file] |
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Post J E, Von Dreele R B, Buseck P R (1982) Symmetry and cation displacements in hollandites: structure refinements of hollandite, cryptomelane and priderite, Acta Crystallographica, B38, 1056-1065 |
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Mitchell R H, Lewis R D (1983) Prideritebearing xenoliths from the Prairie Creek mica peridotite, Arkansas, The Canadian Mineralogist, 21, 59-64 [view file] |
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Michiue Y, Watanabe M (1995) NaxCrxTi8-xO16, priderite with sodium ions in the tunnel structural study for stability and Na ion transport, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 116, 296-299 |
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McCammon C, Mitchell R H, Chakhmouradian A R (1999) Mössbauer spectra of priderite and synthetic iron-bearing hollandite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 37, 991-995 [view file] |
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Biagioni C, Capalbo C, Pasero M (2013) Nomenclature tunings in the hollandite supergroup, European Journal of Mineralogy, 25, 85-90 [view file] |
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