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Name: Sugilite RRUFF ID: R070623 Ideal Chemistry: KNa2Fe3+2(Li3Si12)O30 Locality: Wessels mine, Kuruman, Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa Source: Shinichi Kihara [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Bright purple fragment Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction. |
| Mineral Group: [ Milarite (18) ] | ||
| Quick search: [ All Sugilite samples (2) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R070623.1 | |||||||
| Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 10.0535(3)Å b: 10.0535(3)Å c: 14.0770(7)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 1232.17(7)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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| REFERENCES for Sugilite | |
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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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Murakami N, Kato T, Miúra Y, Hirowatari F (1976) Sugilite, a new silicate mineral from Iwagi Islet, Southwest Japan, Mineralogical Journal, 8, 110-121 [view file] |
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Fleischer M, Cabri L J, Nickel E H, Pabst A (1977) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 62, 593-600 [view file] |
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Dunn P J, Brummer J J, Belsky H (1980) Sugilite, a second occurrence: Wessels mine, Kalahari manganese field, Republic of South Africa, The Canadian Mineralogist, 18, 37-39 [view file] |
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Armbruster T, Oberänsli R (1988) Crystal chemistry of double-ring silicates: Structures of sugilite and brannockite, American Mineralogist, 73, 595-600 [view file] |
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Gnos E, Armbruster T, Villa I M (2003) Norrishite, K(Mn32+Li)Si4O10(O)2, an oxymica associated with sugilite from the Wessels Mine, South Africa: Crystal chemistry and 40Ar-39Ar dating, American Mineralogist, 88, 189-194 [view file] |
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Geiger C A (2009) A 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopic study of sugilite, KNa2(Fe3+,Mn3+,Al)2Li3Si12O30, The Canadian Mineralogist, 47, 927-931 [view file] |
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Gagné O C, Hawthorne F C (2016) Chemographic exploration of the milarite-type structure, The Canadian Mineralogist, 54, 1229-1247 |
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Park S H, Paulmann C, Hoelzel M, Hochleitner R (2023) Mechanism for the combined Li–Na ionic conductivity in sugilite (Fe2Na2K[Li3Si12O30])-type compounds, Minerals, 13, 620 [view file] |
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