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Name: Chiavennite RRUFF ID: R070349 Ideal Chemistry: CaMn2+(BeOH)2Si5O13·2H2O Locality: Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway Source: Michael Scott S104801 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Aggregate of pale yellow to orange thin spearhead-shaped blades associated with orthoclase and intimately with analcime Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
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| RRUFF ID: | R070349.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
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a: 8.74(1)Å b: 31.43(4)Å c: 4.908(6)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1350(8)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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| REFERENCES for Chiavennite | |
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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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Bondi M, Griffin W L, Mattioli V, Mottana A (1983) Chiavennite, CaMnBe2Si5O13(OH)2·2H2O, a new mineral from Chiavenna (Italy), American Mineralogist, 68, 623-627 [view file] |
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Raade G, Åmli R, Mladeck M H, Din V K, Larsen A O, Åsheim A (1983) Chiavennite from syenite pegmatites in the Oslo Region, Norway, American Mineralogist, 68, 628-633 [view file] |
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Tazzoli V, Domeneghetti M C, Mazzi F, Cannillo E (1995) The crystal structure of chiavennite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 7, 1339-1344 |
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Coombs D S, Alberti A, Armbruster T, Artioli G, Colella C, Galli E, Grice J D, Liebau F, Mandarino J A, Minato H, Nickel E H, Passaglia E, Peacor D R, Quartieri S, Rinaldi R, Ross M, Sheppard R A, Tillmanns E, Vezzalini G, (1997) Recommended nomenclature for zeolite minerals: report of the Subcommittee on Zeolites of the International Mineralogical Association, Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 1571-1606 [view file] |
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Cametti G, Armbruster T (2015) Chiavennite revisited: a high-temperature in situ single-crystal X-ray diffraction study, European Journal of Mineralogy, 27, 659-667 |
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Grice J D, Friis H, Kristiansen R (2016) New data for chiavennite and ferrochiavennite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 54, 21-32 [view file] |
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