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|   |   | Name: Kirschsteinite RRUFF ID: R070266 Ideal Chemistry: CaFe2+(SiO4) Locality: Dolores mine, Pastrana, Mazarrón, Murcia, Spain Source: Michael Scott S105226 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Aggregate of vitreous brown rhombic prismatic crystals with conchoidal fracture Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis | 
| Mineral Group: [ Olivine (61) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R070266.1 | |||||||
| Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 4.8613(3)Å    b: 11.0995(5)Å    c: 6.3989(8)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 345.28(4)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic | |||||||
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| REFERENCES for Kirschsteinite | |
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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] | |
| Sahama T G, Hytönen K (1957) Kirschsteinite, a natural analogue to synthetic iron monticellite, from the Belgian Congo, Mineralogical Magazine, 31, 698-699 [view file] | |
| Fleischer M (1958) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 43, 790-798 [view file] | |
| Wyderko M, Mazanek E (1968) The mineralogical characteristics of calcium-iron olivines, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 955-961 [view file] | |
| Folco L, Mellini M (1997) Crystal chemistry of meteoritic kirschsteinite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 9, 969-973 | |
| Mouri T, Enami M (2008) Raman spectroscopic study of olivine-group minerals, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 103, 100-104 [view file] | |
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