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Name: Rosemaryite RRUFF ID: R140519 Ideal Chemistry: ◻NaMn2+(Fe3+Al)(PO4)3 Locality: Buranga pegmatite, Gatumba District, Western Province, Rwanda Source: Rock Currier [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Vitreous-opaque dark brown irregularly shaped masses intergrown with vitreous light brown childrenite and blocky dark blue scorzalite in a grayish siliceous matrix. Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
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RRUFF ID: | R140519.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
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a: 11.9673(18)Å b: 12.3910(13)Å c: 6.3218(10)Å alpha: 90° beta: 114.4145(65)° gamma: 90° Volume: 853.61(18)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Rosemaryite | |
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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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Moore P B, Ito J (1979) Alluaudites, wyllieites, arrojadites: crystal chemistry and nomenclature, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 227-235 [view file] |
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Fleischer M, Cabri L J, Chao G Y, Pabst A (1980) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 65, 808-814 [view file] |
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Hatert F, Hermann R P, Fransolet A M, Long G J, Grandjean F (2006) A structural, infrared, and Mössbauer spectral study of rosemaryite, NaMnFe3+Al(PO4)3, European Journal of Mineralogy, 18, 775-785 |
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Łodziński M, Sitarz M (2009) Chemical and spectroscopic characterization of some phosphate accessory minerals from pegmatites of the Sowie Góry Mts, SW Poland, Journal of Molecular Structure, 924-926, 442-447 |
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Hatert F (2019) A new nomenclature scheme for the alluaudite supergroup, European Journal of Mineralogy, 31, 807-822 [view file] |
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