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Name: Rankinite RRUFF ID: R140775 Ideal Chemistry: Ca3Si2O7 Locality: Caspar quarry, Bellerberg volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Source: Ch. and H. Schäfer [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless to gray, associated with andradite, melilite and cuspidine (R140776). Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R140775.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 10.556(2)Å b: 8.897(2)Å c: 7.863(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 119.54(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 642.4(1)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Rankinite | |
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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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Fleischer M (1942) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 27, 720-720 [view file] |
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Tilley C E (1942) Tricalcium disilicate (rankinite), a new mineral from Scawt Hill, Co. Antrim, Mineralogical Magazine, 26, 190-197 [view file] |
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Black P M (1969) Rankinite and kilehoanite from Tokatoka, New Zealand, Mineralogical Magazine, 37, 517-519 [view file] |
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Kusachi I, Henmi C, Kawahara A, Henmi K (1975) The structure of rankinite, Mineralogical Journal, 8, 38-47 [view file] |
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Saburi S, Kusachi I, Henmi C, Kawahara A, Henmi K, Kawada I (1976) Refinement of the structure of rankinite, Mineralogical Journal, 8, 240-246 [view file] |
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