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Name: Meierite RRUFF ID: R170045 Ideal Chemistry: Ba44Si66Al30O192Cl25(OH)33 Locality: Gun Claim, Yukon Canada Source: Ron Peterson Owner: Ron Peterson Description: Colorless sub-millimeter equant inclusions within pink gillespite crystals. Type sample Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
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RRUFF ID: | R170045 | ||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||
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a: 18.5502(4)Å b: 18.5502(4)Å c: 18.5502(4)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 6383.3(2)Å3 Crystal System: cubic |
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Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2015) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 23. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2014 and 2015, Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 51-58 [view file] |
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Peterson R C, Farber G, Groat L, Evans R J, Joy B, MacNeil L, Lafuente B, Witzke T (2016) Meierite, a new barium mineral with a KFI-type zeolite framework from the Gun Claim, Yukon Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist, 54, 1249-1259 [view file] |
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Cámara F, Belakovskiy D I, Uvarova Y, Gagne O C (2017) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 102, 2525-2531 [view file] |
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