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Name: Elpidite RRUFF ID: R060214 Ideal Chemistry: Na2ZrSi6O15·3H2O Locality: Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada Source: Royal Ontario Museum M52211 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: White columnar aggregate of elongated acicular crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Elpidite (3) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Elpidite samples (3) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R060214.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
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a: 7.116(1)Å b: 14.6888(8)Å c: 14.6125(9)Å alpha: 90.° beta: 90.° gamma: 90.° Volume: 1527.3(2)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Elpidite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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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] |
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Lindström G (1894) Elpidit, ett nytt mineral från Igaliko, Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar, 16, 330-335 [view file] |
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Neronova N N, Belov N V (1964) Crystal structure of elpidite, Na2Zr[Si6O15]·3H2O, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 9, 700-705 [view file] |
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Cannillo E, Rossi G, Ungaretti L (1973) The crystal structure of elpidite, American Mineralogist, 58, 106-109 [view file] |
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Currie K L, Zaleski E (1985) The relative stability of elpidite and vlasovite: a P-T indicator for peralkaline rocks, The Canadian Mineralogist, 23, 577-582 [view file] |
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Merlino S, Bonaccorsi E (2008) Double wollastonite chains: topological/conformational varieties, polytypic forms, isotypic compounds, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 223, 85-97 |
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Grigor'eva A A, Zubkova N V, Pekov I V, Kolitsch U, Pushcharovsky D Yu, Vigasina M F, Giester G, Dordević T, Tillmanns E, Chukanov N V (2011) Crystal chemistry of elpidite from Kahn Bogdo (Mongolia) and its K- and Rb-exchanged forms, Crystallography Reports, 56, 832-841 |
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Grice J D, Rowe R, Poirier G (2015) Hydroterskite: A new mineral species from the Saint-Amable Sill, Quebec, and a comparison with terskite and elpidite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 53, 821-832 [view file] |
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Zubkova N V, Nikolova R P, Chukanov N V, Kostov-Kytin V V, Pekov I V, Varlamov D A, Larikova T S, Kazheva O N, Chervonnaya N A, Shilov G V, Pushcharovsky D Y (2019) Crystal chemistry and properties of elpidite and its Ag-exchanged forms, Minerals, 9, 420 |
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Zubkova N V, Pekov I V, Chukanov N V, Yapaskurt V O, Turchkova A G, Larikova T S, Pushcharovsky D Y (2021) A highly hydrated variety of elpidite from the Khibiny alkaline complex, Kola Peninsula, Russia, Mineralogical Magazine, 85, 627-633 |
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