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Name: Tumchaite RRUFF ID: R070047 Ideal Chemistry: Na2ZrSi4O11·2H2O Locality: Vuoriyarvi Massif, Murmansk region, Russia Source: Michael Scott S105124 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Fragment of a colorless vitreous crystal, co-type material. Associated with minor calcite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R070047.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
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a: 9.128(1)Å b: 8.8184(8)Å c: 7.5300(7)Å alpha: 90° beta: 113.156(7)° gamma: 90° Volume: 557.3(1)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Tumchaite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Subbotin V V, Merlino S, Pushcharovsky D Y, Pakhomovsky Y A, Ferro O, Bogdanova A N, Voloshin A V, Sorokhtina N V, Zubkova N V (2000) Tumchaite Na2(Zr,Sn)Si4O11·2H2O - a new mineral from carbonatites of the Vuoriyarvi alkali-ultrabasic massif, Murmansk Region, Russia, American Mineralogist, 85, 1516-1520 [view file] |
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Mandarino J A (2002) New minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 40, 1001-1020 [view file] |
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Pekov I V (2007) New minerals from former Soviet Union countries, 1998-2006: new minerals approved by the IMA commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Almanac, 11, 9-51 [view file] |
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