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|   |   | Name: Kinoshitalite RRUFF ID: R070656 Ideal Chemistry: BaMg3(Si2Al2O10)(OH)2 Locality: Hokkejino, Kyoto Prefecture, Kinki Region, Honshu Island, Japan Source: Michael Scott S102325 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Yellowish brown platy crystals in granular matrix of tephroite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. | 
| Mineral Groups: [ mica (50) ] [ Clay (86) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R070656.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 5.342(2)Å    b: 9.256(4)Å    c: 10.179(4)Å alpha: 90° beta: 100.24(2)° gamma: 90° Volume: 495.3(3)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic | ||||||
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| REFERENCES for Kinoshitalite | |
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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] | |
| Yoshii M, Maeda K, Kato T, Watanabe T, Yui S, Kato A, Nagashima K (1973) Kinoshitalite, a new mineral from the Noda-Tamagawa mine, Iwate Prefecture, Chigaku Kenkyu, 24, 181-190 [view file] | |
| Fleischer M, Chao G Y, Kato A (1975) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 60, 485-489 [view file] | |
| Rieder M, Cavazzini G, DYakonov Y S, Frank-Kamenetskii V A, Gottardt G, Guggenheim S, Koval P V, Muller G, Neiva A M R, Radoslovich E W, Robert J L, Sassi F P, Takeda H, Weiss Z, Wones D R (1998) Nomenclature of the micas, The Canadian Mineralogist, 36, 905-912 [view file] | |
| Tracy R J, Beard J S (2003) Manganoan kinoshitalite in Mn-rich marble and skarn from Virginia, American Mineralogist, 88, 740-747 [view file] | |
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