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Name: Tsepinite-Ca RRUFF ID: R060833 Ideal Chemistry: (Ca,K,Na)2-x(Ti,Nb)2(Si4O12)(OH,O)2·4H2O Locality: Hackmann Valley, Yukspor Mountain, Khibiny, Kola, Russia Source: Michael Scott S101008 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Groups of tan colored parallel prismatic crystals associated with eudialyte and arfvedsonite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
| Mineral Group: [ labuntsovite (11) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R060833.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 14.53(3)Å b: 14.22(2)Å c: 7.89(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 117.27(4)° gamma: 90° Volume: 1449(5)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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| REFERENCES for Tsepinite-Ca | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Chukanov N V, Pekov I V, Rastsvetaeva R K, Nekrasov A N (1999) Labuntsovite: Solid solutions and features of the crystal structure, The Canadian Mineralogist, 37, 901-910 [view file] |
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Chukanov N V, Pekov I V, Khomyakov A P (2002) Recommended nomeclature for labuntsovite-group minerals, European Journal of Mineralogy, 14, 165-173 [view file] |
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Rastsvetaeva R K, Chukanov N V (2002) X-ray diffraction and IR spectroscopy study of labuntsovite-group minerals, Crystallography Reports, 47, 939-945 [view file] |
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Grice J D, Ferraris G (2003) New minerals approved in 2002 and nomenclature modifications approved 1998-2002 by the commission on new minerals and mineral names, International Mineralogical Association, American Mineralogist, 88, 1620-1624 [view file] |
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Grice J D, Ferraris G (2003) New minerals approved in 2002 and nomenclature modifications approved in 1998-2002 by the Commission on the New Minerals and Mineral Names, International Mineralogical Association, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 795-802 [view file] |
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Pekov I V, Chukanov N V, Ferraris G, Gula A, Pushcharovsky D Y, Zadov A E (2003) Tsepinite-Ca, (Ca,K,Na,◻)2(Ti,Nb)2(Si4O12)(OH,O)2· 4H2O, a new mineral of the labuntsovite group from the Khibiny alkaline massif, Kola Peninsula - Novel disordered sites in the vuoriyarvite-type structure, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 2003, 461-480 |
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Jambor J L, Roberts A C (2004) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 89, 894-897 [view file] |
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Mandarino J A (2004) New minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 921-945 [view file] |
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Pekov I V, Chukanov N V, Zadov A E, Rozenberg K A, Rastsvetaeva R k (2005) Tsepinite-Sr, (Sr,Ba,K)(Ti,Nb)2(Si4O12)(OH,O)2·3H2O, a new mineral of the labunstovite group, New Data on Minerals. Moscow, 40, 11-16 [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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