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Name: Arisite-(La) RRUFF ID: R120051 Ideal Chemistry: NaLa2(CO3)2[F2x(CO3)1-x]F Locality: Aris quarry, near Windhoek, Namibia Source: William W. Pinch [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Pale pink hexagonal tabular crystal, associated with tuperssuatsiaite, and transparent platy polylithionite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Arisite (1) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R120051.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 5.121(1)Å b: 5.121(1)Å c: 8.688(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 197.30(3)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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REFERENCES for Arisite-(La) | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M (2009) New minerals approved in 2009, in International Mineralogical Association 1-34 [view file] |
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Piilonen P C, McDonald A M, Grice J D, Cooper M A, Kolitsch U, Rowe R, Gault R A, Poirier G (2010) Arisite-(La), a new REE-fluorcarbonate mineral from the Aris phonolite (Namibia), with descriptions of the crystal structures of arisite-(La) and arisite-(Ce), Mineralogical Magazine, 74, 257-268 [view file] |
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Poirier G, Tait K T, Rowe R (2011) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 96, 936-945 [view file] |
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