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Name: Fluorcalciobritholite RRUFF ID: R141089 Ideal Chemistry: (Ca,REE)5(SiO4,PO4)3F Locality: In den Dellen, Laach lake volcano, Mendig, Eifel, Germany Source: Ch. and H. Schäfer [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Light pinkish, hexagonal prismatic crystals, associated with black prismatic augite and volcanic glass. Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Apatite (56) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R141089.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 9.540(2)Å b: 9.540(2)Å c: 6.989(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 550.80(8)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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REFERENCES for Fluorcalciobritholite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Pekov I V, Pasero M, Yaskovskaya A N, Chukanov N V, Pushcharovsky D Y, Merlino S, Zubkova N V, Kononkova N N, Menshikov Y P, Zadov A E (2007) Fluorcalciobritholite, (Ca,REE)5[(Si,P)O4]3F, a new mineral: description and crystal chemistry, European Journal of Mineralogy, 19, 95-103 [view file] |
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Pekov I V (2007) New minerals from former Soviet Union countries, 1998-2006: new minerals approved by the IMA commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Almanac, 11, 9-51 [view file] |
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Tait K, Poirier G, Rowe R, Piilonen P C (2008) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 93, 252-256 [view file] |
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Pasero M, Kampf A R, Ferraris C, Pekov I V, Rakovan J R, White T J (2010) Nomenclature of the apatite supergroup minerals, European Journal of Mineralogy, 22, 163-179 [view file] |
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