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Name: Beryllonite RRUFF ID: R070249 Ideal Chemistry: NaBe(PO4) Locality: Melrose Farm Beryllonite prospects (McAllister prospects), Stoneham, Oxford County, Maine, USA Source: Michael Scott S101679 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Two colorless single crystal fragments Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
Mineral Group: [ Beryllonite (6) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Beryllonite samples (4) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R070249.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 8.1355(2)Å b: 7.8010(2)Å c: 14.2018(7)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90.028(7)° gamma: 90° Volume: 901.32(5)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Beryllonite | |
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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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Dana E S (1888) Preliminary notice of beryllonite, a new mineral, American Journal of Science, 136, 290-291 [view file] |
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Golovastikov N I (1961) The crystal structure of beryllonite (NaBePO4), Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 6, 733-739 [view file] |
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Giuseppetti G, Tadini C (1973) Refinement of the crystal structure of beryllonite, NaBePO4, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 20, 1-12 |
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Plakhov G F, Egorov-Tismenko Y K, Simonov M A, Belov N V (1975) Crystal structure of the Zn(Fe) analog of beryllonite Na(Zn0.8Fe0.2)[PO4], Soviet Physics - Doklady, 19, 810-811 |
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Henderson C M B, Taylor D (1984) Thermal expansion behaviour of beryllonite [Na(BePO4)] and trimerite [CaMn(BeSiO4)3], Mineralogical Magazine, 48, 431-436 [view file] |
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Černá I, Černý P, Selway J B, Chapman R (2002) Paragenesis and origin of secondary beryllophosphates: beryllonite and hydroxylherderite from the BEP granitic pegmatite, southeastern Manitoba, Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist, 40, 1339-1345 [view file] |
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Shannon R D, Shannon R C, Medenbach O, Fischer R X (2002) Refractive index and dispersion of fluorides and oxides, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 31, 931-970 [view file] |
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Tait K T, Yang H, Downs R T, Li C, Pinch W W (2010) The crystal structure of esperite, with a revised chemical formula, PbCa2(ZnSiO4)3, isostructural with beryllonite, American Mineralogist, 95, 699-705 [view file] |
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