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|   |   | Name: Petarasite RRUFF ID: R060220 Ideal Chemistry: Na5Zr2Si6O18(Cl,OH)·2H2O Locality: Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada Source: Rock Currier [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Pale yellowish brown massive associated with aegirine, albite, natrolite, astrophyllite and rhodochrosite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis | 
| Quick search: [ All Petarasite samples (2) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R060220.9 | |||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | |||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 10.841(8)Å    b: 14.572(10)Å    c: 6.650(4)Å alpha: 90° beta: 113.18(3)° gamma: 90° Volume: 965.7(4)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic | |||||
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| REFERENCES for Petarasite | |
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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] | |
| Chao G Y, Chen T T, Baker J (1980) Petarasite, a new hydrated sodium zirconium hydroxychlorosilicate mineral from Mont St-Hilaire, Quebec, The Canadian Mineralogist, 18, 497-502 [view file] | |
| Ghose S, Wan C, Chao G Y (1980) Petarasite, Na5Zr2Si6O18(Cl,OH)·2H2O, a zeolitetype zirconosilicate, The Canadian Mineralogist, 18, 503-509 [view file] | |
| Fleischer M, Cabri L J (1981) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 66, 1274-1280 [view file] | |
| Perrault G, Chao G Y, Chen T T (1981) Additional data on petarasite from Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, The Canadian Mineralogist, 19, 411-413 [view file] | |
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