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Name: Aminoffite RRUFF ID: R100055 Ideal Chemistry: Ca3(BeOH)2Si3O10 Locality: Langban, Filipstad, Varmland, Sweden Source: William W Pinch [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless transparent tetragonal pyramids with basal terminations, co-type sample from Harvard Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Not in a structural group (133) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R100055.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 9.801(3)Å b: 9.801(3)Å c: 9.824(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 943.6(1)Å3 Crystal System: tetragonal |
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REFERENCES for Aminoffite | |
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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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Hurlbut C S (1937) Aminoffite, a new mineral from Långban, Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar, 59, 290-292 [view file] |
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Foshag W F (1938) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 23, 293-294 [view file] |
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Welin E (1968) Notes on the mineralogy of Sweden 6. X-ray powder data for minerals from Långban and the related mineral deposits of Central Sweden, Arkiv för Mineralogi och Geologi, 4, 499-541 |
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Huminicki D M C, Hawthorne F C (2002) Refinement of the crystal structure of aminoffite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 40, 915-922 [view file] |
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