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|   |   | Name: Yoderite RRUFF ID: R050277 Ideal Chemistry: (MgAl3)(MgAl)Al2O2(SiO4)4(OH)2 Locality: Mautia Hill, Kongwa, Central Province, Tanzania Source: Marcus Origlieri Owner: RRUFF Description: Blue anhedral lathlike grains Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis | 
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| RRUFF ID: | R050277.1 | |||||||
| Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 8.0052(3)Å    b: 5.8061(2)Å    c: 7.2362(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 104.771(2)° gamma: 90° Volume: 325.22(1)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic | |||||||
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| REFERENCES for Yoderite | |
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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] | |
| McKie D, Radford A J (1959) Yoderite, a new hydrous magnesium iron alumino-silicate from Mautia Hill, Tanganyika, Mineralogical Magazine, 32, 282-307 [view file] | |
| Fleischer M (1960) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 45, 753-756 [view file] | |
| Fleet S G, Megaw H D (1962) The crystal structure of yoderite, Acta Crystallographica, 15, 721-728 | |
| International Mineralogical Association (1962) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 260-263 [view file] | |
| Abu-Eid R M, Langer K, Seifert F (1978) Optical absorption and Mössbauer spectra of purple and green yoderite, a kyanite-related mineral, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 3, 271-289 | |
| Higgins J B, Ribbe P H, Nakajima Y (1982) An ordering model for the commensurate antiphase structure of yoderite, American Mineralogist, 67, 76-84 [view file] | |
| Fockenberg T, Schreyer W (1991) Yoderite, a mineral with essential ferric iron: Its lack of occurrence in the system MgOAl2O3SiO2H2O, American Mineralogist, 76, 1052-1060 [view file] | |
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