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Name: Carpholite RRUFF ID: R060608 Ideal Chemistry: Mn2+Al2Si2O6(OH)4 Locality: Schlaggenwald, Bohemia, Czechoslovakia Source: Michael Scott S100908 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Tan colored radiating tufts of acicular crystals Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
| Mineral Group: [ Carpholite (3) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R060608.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 13.825(5)Å b: 20.291(7)Å c: 5.128(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1438.5(7)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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| REFERENCES for Carpholite | |
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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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Werner A G (1817) Karpholith, in Letztes Mineral-System bey Craz und Gerlach, und bey Carl Gerold Freiberg und Wien 43-44 [view file] |
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Yoshimura T, Aoki Y (1966) Carpholite from the Fukuzumi mine, Hyōgo Preference, Journal of the Mineralogical Society of Japan, 8, 43-48 [view file] |
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Naumova I S, Pobedimskaya E A, Belov N V (1974) Crystal structure of carpholite MnAl2(Si2O6)(OH)4, Kristallografiya, 19, 1155-1160 |
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Lindemann W, Wögerbauer R, Berger P (1979) Die kristallstruktur von karpholith (Mn0.97Mg0.08FeII0.07)(Al1.90FeIII0.01)Si2O6(OH)4, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1979, 282-287 |
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Ghose S, Sen Gupta P K, Boggs R C, Schlemper E O (1989) Crystal chemistry of a nonstoichiometric carpholite, Kx(Mn2-xLix)Al4Si4O12(OH)4F4: A chain silicate related to pyroxenes, American Mineralogist, 74, 1084-1090 [view file] |
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Makreski P, Jovanovski G, Gajović A, Biljan T, Angelovski D, Jaćimović R (2006) Minerals from Macedonia. XVI. Vibrational spectra of some common appearing pyroxenes and pyroxenoids, Journal of Molecular Structure, 788, 102-114 |
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Basso R, Carbone C (2010) Relationships between crystal data and crystal chemistry of carpholite-group minerals, Periodico di Mineralogia, 79, 91-98 |
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