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Name: Zorite RRUFF ID: R060953 Ideal Chemistry: Na6Ti5Si12O34(O,OH)5·11H2O Locality: Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia Source: Bob Jenkins [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Groups of pale pink transparent acicular crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Zorite (1) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R060953.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 23.09(2)Å b: 7.17(9)Å c: 6.92(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1146(4)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Zorite | |
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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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Fleischer M (1973) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 58, 1111-1115 [view file] |
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Mer'kov A N, Bussen I V, Goiko E A, Kul'chitskaya E A, Men'shikov Y P, Nedorezova A P (1973) Raite and zorite - new minerals from the Lovozero Tundra, Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 102, issue 1 54-62 [view file] |
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Sandomirskii P A, Belov N V (1979) The OD structure of zorite, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 24, 686-693 [view file] |
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