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Name: Cahnite RRUFF ID: R110095 Ideal Chemistry: Ca2B(AsO4)(OH)4 Locality: Inner Mongolia province, China Source: Rob Lavinsky [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: White tetrahedra associated with bluish green borcarite (R110094) Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
Mineral Group: [ Zircon (35) ] | ||
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RRUFF ID: | R110095.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 7.106(2)Å b: 7.106(2)Å c: 6.196(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 312.85(6)Å3 Crystal System: tetragonal |
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REFERENCES for Cahnite | |
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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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Palache C, Bauer L H (1927) Cahnite, a new boro-arsenate of calcium from Franklin, New Jersey, American Mineralogist, 12, 149-153 [view file] |
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Embrey P G (1960) Cahnite from Capo di Bove, Rome, Mineralogical Magazine, 32, 666-668 [view file] |
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Prewitt C T, Buerger M J (1961) Crystal structure of cahnite, American Mineralogist, 46, 1077-1085 [view file] |
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Shiraga K, Kusachi I, Kobayashi S, Takechi Y (2002) Cahnite from Fuka, Okayama Prefecture, Japan, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 97, 70-73 [view file] |
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Thompson R M, Yang H, Downs R T (2012) Packing systematics and structural relationships of the new copper molybdate markascherite and related minerals, American Mineralogist, 97, 1977-1986 [view file] |
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