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Name: Palenzonaite RRUFF ID: R060455 Ideal Chemistry: (NaCa2)Mn2+2(VO4)3 Locality: Molinello mine, Val Graveglia, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy Source: Michael Scott S100207 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Dark-red massive crystals associated with calcite, quartz, and muscovite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
| Mineral Group: [ garnet (97) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R060455.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 12.552(2)Å b: 12.552(2)Å c: 12.552(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1977.7(2)Å3 Crystal System: cubic |
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| REFERENCES for Palenzonaite | |
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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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Basso R (1987) The crystal structure of palenzonaite, a new vanadate garnet from Val Graveglia (Northern Apennines, Italy), Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1987, 136-144 |
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Jambor J L, Bladh K W, Ercit T S, Grice J D, Grew E S (1988) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 73, 927-935 [view file] |
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Nagashima M, Armbruster T (2012) Palenzonaite, berzeliite, and manganberzeliite:(As5+,V5+,Si4+)O4 tetrahedra in garnet structures, Mineralogical Magazine, 76, 1081-1097 [view file] |
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Grew E S, Locock A J, Mills S J, Galuskina I O, Galuskin E V, Hålenius U (2013) Nomenclature of the garnet supergroup, American Mineralogist, 98, 785-811 [view file] |
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