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Name: Hodgkinsonite RRUFF ID: R140280 Ideal Chemistry: Zn2Mn2+(SiO4)(OH)2 Locality: Parker Shaft, Franklin mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA Source: Marcus Origlieri S104179 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Pinkish striated subhedral crystals, associated with franklinite and calcite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R140280.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 8.187(1)Å b: 5.315(1)Å c: 11.761(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 95.49(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 509.4(2)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Hodgkinsonite | |
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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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Palache C, Schaller W T (1913) Hodgkinsonite, a new mineral from Franklin Furnace, N.J., Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 3, 474-478 [view file] |
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Rentzeperis P J (1958) The unit cell and space group of hodgkinsonite, Acta Crystallographica, 11, 448-448 |
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Roberts W M B, Quodling F M (1962) X-ray, optical, and morphological observations on hodgkinsonite from Franklin Furnace, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 343-346 [view file] |
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Rentzeperis P J (1963) The crystal structure of hodgkinsonite Zn2Mn[(OH)2|SiO4], Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 119, 117-138 [view file] |
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Solov'eva L P, Belov N V (1963) Crystal structure of hodgkinsonite Zn2Mn[SiO4](OH)2, Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 152, 327-330 [view file] |
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