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|   |   | Name: Minyulite RRUFF ID: R070151 Ideal Chemistry: KAl2(PO4)2F·4H2O Locality: Minyulo Well, Dandaragan, Western Australia, Australia Source: James Shigley [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Radiating colorless transparent thin prismatic crystals Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. | 
| Quick search: [ All Minyulite samples (2) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R070151.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 9.337(1)Å    b: 9.732(1)Å    c: 5.516(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 501.3(1)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic | ||||||
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| REFERENCES for Minyulite | |
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| American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] | |
| 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] | |
| Foshag W F (1933) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 18, 512-512 [view file] | |
| Simpson E S, LeMesurier C R (1933) Minyulite, a new phosphate mineral from Dandaragan, W.A., Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, 19, 13-16 [view file] | |
| Kampf A R (1977) Minyulite: its atomic arrangement, American Mineralogist, 62, 256-262 [view file] | |
| Grey I E, MacRae C M, Elliott P, Mills S J, Downes P J (2022) Minyulite, KAl2F(PO4)2·4H2O: approval of revised formula and its stability in South Australian rock phosphate deposits, Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 23, 21-25 | |
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