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|   |   | Name: Manganogrunerite RRUFF ID: R060378 Ideal Chemistry: ◻Mn2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)2 Locality: Brunsjogruvan (Brunsjo mine), near Hallefors, Orebro, Sweden Source: Michael Scott S100223 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Brown parallel fibers Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis | 
| Mineral Group: [ amphibole (107) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R060378.1 | |||||||
| Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 9.6153(5)Å    b: 18.2653(9)Å    c: 5.3338(2)Å alpha: 90.° beta: 102.265(5)° gamma: 90.° Volume: 915.39(4)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic | |||||||
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| REFERENCES for Manganogrunerite | |
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| American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] | |
| Leake B E, Woolley A R, Arps C E S, Birch W D, Gilbert M C, Grice J D, Hawthorne F C, Kato A, Kisch H J, Krivovichev V G, Linthout K, Laird J, Mandarino J A, Maresch W V, Nickel E H, Rock N M S, Schumacher J C, Smith D C, Stephenson N C N, Ungaretti L, Whittaker E J W, Youzhi G (1997) Nomenclature of amphiboles: report of the Subcommittee on Amphiboles of the International Mineralogical Association, Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 219-246 [view file] | |
| Reece J J, Redfern S A T, Welch M D, Henderson C M B, McCammon C A (2002) Temperature-dependent Fe2+-Mn2+ order-disorder behaviour in amphiboles, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 29, 562-570 | |
| Burke E A J, Leake B E (2004) "Named amphiboles": a new category of amphiboles recognized by the International Mineralogical Association (IMA), and the proper order of prefixes to be used in amphibole names, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 1881-1883 [view file] | |
| 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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