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Name: Ehrleite RRUFF ID: R180029 Ideal Chemistry: Ca2ZnBe(PO4)2(PO3OH)·4H2O Locality: Tip Top mine, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA Source: Tom Loomis TLYH-62 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless thick tabular crystals, twinned by a 2-fold parallel to (001) Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R180029.9 | ||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 7.154(3)Å b: 7.485(3)Å c: 12.529(4)Å alpha: 94.39(2)° beta: 101.92(2)° gamma: 82.76(2)° Volume: 650.4(6)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic |
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REFERENCES for Ehrleite | |
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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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Robinson G W, Grice J D, Van Velthuizen J (1985) Ehrleite, a new calcium beryllium zinc phosphate hydrate from the Tip Top Pegmatite, Custer, South Dakota, The Canadian Mineralogist, 23, 507-510 [view file] |
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Hawthorne F C, Bladh K W, Burke E A J, Ercit S, Grew E S, Grice J D, Puziewicz J, Roberts A C, Schedler R A, Shigley J E (1986) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 71, 1543-1548 [view file] |
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Hawthorne F C, Grice J D (1987) The crystal structure of ehrleite, a tetrahedral sheet structure, The Canadian Mineralogist, 25, 767-774 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Puziewicz J (1989) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 74, 500-505 [view file] |
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