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Name: Miserite RRUFF ID: R060095 Ideal Chemistry: K1.5-x(Ca,Y,REE)5[Si6O15][Si2O7](OH,F)2·yH2O Locality: Magnet Cove, Garland County, Arkansas, USA Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 10141 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Massive pink fine fibers associated with eudialyte, wollastonite, and orthoclase Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
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| RRUFF ID: | R060095.1 | |||||||
| Sample Description: | Powder, mixed with wollastonite and orthoclase | |||||||
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a: 10.0889(4)Å b: 16.0366(7)Å c: 7.4465(7)Å alpha: 96.474(7)° beta: 111.100(7)° gamma: 76.327(6)° Volume: 1091.7(1)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic |
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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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Schaller W T (1950) Miserite from Arkansas; a renaming of natroxonotlite, American Mineralogist, 35, 911-921 [view file] |
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Scott J D (1976) Crystal structure of miserite, a zoltai type 5 structure, The Canadian Mineralogist, 14, 515-528 [view file] |
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Rozhdestvenskaya I V, Nikishova L V, Bannova I I, Lasebnik Y D, (1987) Canasite: The refinement of crystal structure and comparison with that of miserite, Acta Crystallographica, Supplement A43, C159-C159 |
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Locock A J, Ercit T S, Kjellman J, Piilonen C (2006) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 91, 1945-1954 [view file] |
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Piilonen P C, Rowe R, Ercit T S, Locock A J (2006) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 91, 1452-1457 [view file] |
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Rozhdestvenskaya I V, Evdominkov M D (2006) Refinement of miserite crystal structure (K1.29 )[Ca5.51M3+0.49 ](Si6 (O,OH)15 )(Si2O7 )(F,OH)2 · 0.25H2O (M = Y,REE,Fe,Ti,Mn,Mg,Na) from the Dara-i-Pioz occurrence, Pamir, Tajikistan, Doklady Earth Sciences, 406, 74-78 [view file] |
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