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Name: Osumilite-(Mg) RRUFF ID: R141100 Ideal Chemistry: KMg2Al3(Al2Si10)O30 Locality: Weinberg, Nickenich, Eifel, Germany Source: Ch. and H. Schäfer [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Light blue to colorless, short prismatic or tabular hexagonal crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Milarite (18) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Osumilite-(Mg) samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R141100.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 10.083(1)Å b: 10.083(1)Å c: 14.300(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 1259.0(1)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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REFERENCES for Osumilite-(Mg) | |
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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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Miyashiro A (1956) Osumilite, a new silicate mineral, and its crystal structure, American Mineralogist, 41, 104-116 [view file] |
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Chinner G A, Dixon P D (1973) Irish osumilite, Mineralogical Magazine, 39, 189-192 [view file] |
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Fleischer M, Mandarino J A (1974) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 59, 381-384 [view file] |
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Armbruster T, Oberhänsli R (1988) Crystal chemistry of double-ring silicates: structural, chemical, and optical variation in osumilites, American Mineralogist, 73, 585-594 [view file] |
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Balassone G, Mormone A, Rossi M, Bernardi A, Fisch M, Armbruster T, Malsy K, Berger A (2008) Crystal chemical and structural characterization of an Mg-rich osumilite from Vesuvius volcano (Italy), European Journal of Mineralogy, 20, 713-720 |
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Chukanov N V, Pekov I V, Rastsvetaeva R K, Aksenov S M, Belakovskiy D I, Van K V, Schuller V, Ternes B (2012) Osumilite-(Mg): Validation as a mineral species and new data, Zapiski Rossiiskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchetstva, 141, 27-36 [view file] |
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Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2012) IMA Commission on new minerals, nomenclature and classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 12. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2012, Mineralogical Magazine, 76, 151-155 [view file] |
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Belakovskiy D (2013) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 98, 2201-2204 [view file] |
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Chukanov N V, Pekov I V, Rastsvetaeva R K, Aksenov S M, Belakovskiy D I, Van K V, Schüller V, Ternes B (2013) Osumilite-(Mg): Validation as a mineral species and new data, Geology of Ore Deposits, 55, 587-593 [view file] |
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Gagné O C, Hawthorne F C (2016) Chemographic exploration of the milarite-type structure, The Canadian Mineralogist, 54, 1229-1247 |
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