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Name: Mangani-obertiite RRUFF ID: R141096 Ideal Chemistry: NaNa2(Mg3Mn3+Ti4+)Si8O22O2 Locality: Caspar quarry, Bellerberg volcano, Mayen, Eifel, Germany Source: Ch. and H. Schäfer [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Acicular salmon-colored crystals, orthoclase, quartz, and allanite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
| Mineral Group: [ amphibole (107) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R141096.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
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a: 9.770(4)Å b: 17.898(7)Å c: 5.281(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 104.13(2)° gamma: 90° Volume: 895.5(3)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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| REFERENCES for Mangani-obertiite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Hawthorne F C, Cooper M A, Grice J D, Ottolini L (2000) A new anhydrous amphibole from the Eifel region, Germany: Description and crystal structure of obertiite, NaNa2(Mg3FeTi)Si8O22O2, American Mineralogist, 85, 236-241 [view file] |
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Mandarino J A (2002) New minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 40, 1001-1020 [view file] |
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Hawthorne F C, Oberti R, Harlow G E, Maresch W V, Martin R F, Schumacher J C, Welch M D (2012) Nomenclature of the amphibole supergroup, American Mineralogist, 97, 2031-2048 [view file] |
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Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2014) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 22. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2014, Mineralogical Magazine, 78, 1241-1248 [view file] |
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