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|   |   | Name: Manaksite RRUFF ID: R060693 Ideal Chemistry: KNaMn2+Si4O10 Locality: Palitra pegmatite, Kedykverpakhk Mountain, Lovozero massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia Source: Michael Scott S100949 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Pale brown massive associated with grayish-green bario-olgite, R060614, purple ussingite and colorless serandite Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. | 
| Mineral Group: [ Litidionite (3) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R060693.9 | ||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 6.9748(2)Å    b: 8.1769(2)Å    c: 9.9994(2)Å alpha: 104.997(1)° beta: 101.009(1)° gamma: 114.514(1)° Volume: 471.45(3)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic | ||||
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| REFERENCES for Manaksite | |
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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] | |
| Khomyakov A P, Kurova T A, Nechelyustov G N (1992) Manaksite NaKMnSi4O10: a new mineral, Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 121, issue 1 112-114 [view file] | |
| Jambor J L, Vanko D A (1993) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 78, 1314-1319 [view file] | |
| Karimova O, Burns P C (2008) Silicate tubes in the crystal structure of manaksite, 1, in Minerals As Advanced Materials Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 153-156 | |
| Brandão P, Rocha J, Reis M S, dos Santos A M, Jin R (2009) Magnetic properties of KNaMSi4O10 compounds (M = Mn, Fe, Cu), Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 182, 253-258 | |
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