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Name: Varulite RRUFF ID: R160052 Ideal Chemistry: Na2Mn(MnFe3+)(PO4)3 Locality: Nancy Pegmatite, Chacabuco Dept, San Luis, Argentina Source: Donald Doell [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Dark green or brown crystals with good cleavage. Type sample of fupingqiuite Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
Mineral Group: [ Alluaudite (22) ] | ||
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RRUFF ID: | R160052.9 | ||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 11.9980(3) Å b: 12.5059(3) Å c: 6.4192(2) Å alpha: 90° beta: 114.631(1) ° gamma: 90° Volume: 875.54(4) Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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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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Foshag W F (1937) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 22, 875-876 [view file] |
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Quensel P (1937) Minerals of the Varuträsk Pegmatite. I. The lithium - manganese phosphates, Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar, 59, 77-96 [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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Dyar M D, Jawin E R, Breves E, Marchand G, Nelms M, Lane M D, Mertzman S A, Bish D L and Bishop J L (2014) Mössbauer parameters of iron in phosphate minerals: Implications for interpretation of martian data, American Mineralogist, 99, 914-942 [view file] |
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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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