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Name: Kapustinite RRUFF ID: R060896 Ideal Chemistry: Na6ZrSi6O16(OH)2 Locality: Palitra pegmatite, Kedykverpakhk Mountain, Lovozero Massif, Russia Source: Michael Scott S100956 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Reddish brown vitreous massive fragment Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R060896.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder, refined as cubic because peaks overlap too much to properly refine the monoclinic cell | |||||||
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a: 10.5894(8)Å b: 10.5894(8)Å c: 10.5894(8)Å alpha: 58.379(4)° beta: 58.379(4)° gamma: 58.379(4)° Volume: 808.5(1)Å3 Crystal System: rhombohedral |
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REFERENCES for Kapustinite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Pekov I V, Chukanov N V, Yamnova N A, Egorov-Tismenko Y K, lndov A E (2003) Kapustinite, Na5.5Mn0.25ZrSi6O16(OH)2, a new mineral from Lovozero massif (Kola peninsula) and the new data on the genetic crystallochemistry of the lovozerite group, Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 132, issue 6 1-14 [view file] |
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Yamnova N A, Egorov-Tismenko Y K, Pekov I V, Shchegolkova L V (2004) Crystal structure of kapustinite Na5.5Mn0.25Zr[Si6O16(OH)2] - a new mineral of the lovozerite group, Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 396, 680-685 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Roberts A C (2005) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 90, 271-275 [view file] |
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Pekov I V (2007) New minerals from former Soviet Union countries, 1998-2006: new minerals approved by the IMA commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Almanac, 11, 9-51 [view file] |
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Pekov I V, Krivovichev S V, Zolotarev A A, Yakovenchuk V N, Armbruster T, Pakhomovsky Y A (2009) Crystal chemistry and nomenclature of the lovozerite group, European Journal of Mineralogy, 21, 1061-1071 [view file] |
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