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|   |   | Name: Saneroite RRUFF ID: R060488 Ideal Chemistry: NaMn2+5[Si5O14(OH)](VO3)(OH) Locality: Molinello mine, Val Graveglia (Graveglia Valley), Ne, Genova, Liguria, Italy Source: Michael Scott S100108 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Orange colored blebs associated with white quartz, black braunite and brown parsettensite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. | 
| Mineral Group: [ Saneroite (2) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R060488.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 9.735(2)Å    b: 9.961(3)Å    c: 9.094(2)Å alpha: 92.65(1)° beta: 117.12(1)° gamma: 105.29(1)° Volume: 742.7(4)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic | ||||||
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| REFERENCES for Saneroite | |
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| American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] | |
| 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] | |
| Basso R, Della Giusta A (1980) The crystal structure of a new manganese silicate, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 138, 333-342 | |
| Fleischer M, Cabri L J (1981) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 66, 1274-1280 [view file] | |
| Lucchetti G, Penco A M, Rinaldi R (1981) Saneroite, a new natural hydrated Mn-silicate, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1981, 161-168 | |
| Nagashima M, Armbruster T (2010) Saneroite: chemical and structural variations of manganese pyroxenoids with hydrogen bonding in the silicate chain, European Journal of Mineralogy, 22, 393-402 | |
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