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Name: Britvinite RRUFF ID: R070639 Ideal Chemistry: Pb14Mg9(Si10O28)(BO3)4(CO3)2(OH)12F2 Locality: Kombat mine, Kombat, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia Source: William W. Pinch [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless tabular crystals, associated with barite and red hematophanite R070638 Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Molybdophyllite (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R070639.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 9.343(8)Å b: 9.334(5)Å c: 18.96(2)Å alpha: 80.43(3)° beta: 75.58(3)° gamma: 60.03(3)° Volume: 1385(1)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic |
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REFERENCES for Britvinite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Chukanov N V, Yakubovich O V, Pekov I V, Belakovsky D I, Massa W (2007) Britvinite, Pb15Mg9(Si10O28)(BO3)4(CO3)2(OH)12O2 - a new mineral from Långban, Sweden, Zapiski Rossiiskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchetstva, 136, issue 6 18-25 [view file] |
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Yakubovich O V, Massa W, Chukanov N V (2008) Crystal structure of britvinite [Pb7(OH)3F(BO3)2(CO3)][Mg4.5(OH)3(Si5O14)]: A new layered silicate with an original type of silicon-oxygen networks, Crystallography Reports, 53, 206-215 [view file] |
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Kolitsch U, Merlino S, Holtstam D (2012) Molybdophyllite: crystal chemistry, crystal structure, OD character and modular relationships with britvinite, Mineralogical Magazine, 76, 493-512 [view file] |
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