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Name: Laverovite RRUFF ID: R190014 Ideal Chemistry: K2NaMn7Zr2(Si4O12)2O2(OH)4F Locality: Desourdy Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada Source: Royal Ontario Museum M26526 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Brown fragment showing lamellar habit. Type sample. This sample is the same as R060216. A fragment was given to Elena Sokolova. All data are from Sokolova et al. (2019) except for the Raman spectra and photograph. Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
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Mineral Group: [ astrophyllite (11) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Laverovite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R190014 | ||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 5.4329(1)Å b: 11.9232(3)Å c: 11.7491(3)Å alpha: 112.905(2)° beta: 94.696(1)° gamma: 103.178(1)° Volume: 670.14(5)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic |
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REFERENCES for Laverovite | |
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Hålenius U, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2018) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 46. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2018, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 1369-1379 [view file] |
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Sokolova E, Day M C, Hawthorne F C, Kasatkin A V, Downs R T, Horváth L, Pfenninger-Horváth E (2019) Laverovite, K2NaMn7Zr2(Si4O12)2O2(OH)4F, a new astrophyllite-super-group mineral from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist, 57, 201-213 [view file] |
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Belakovskiy D, Uvarova Y (2021) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 106, 1186-1191 [view file] |
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