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|   |   | Name: Kristiansenite RRUFF ID: R090022 Ideal Chemistry: Ca4Sc2Sn2(Si2O7)2(Si2O6OH)2 Locality: Heftetjern, Tørdal, Telemark, Norway Source: William W. Pinch [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Pale tan colored, tapering prismatic crystals, associated with albite and quartz Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. | 
| Mineral Group: [ Kristiansenite (1) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R090022.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 10.078(5)Å    b: 8.437(4)Å    c: 13.387(5)Å alpha: 90.00(3)° beta: 109.26(3)° gamma: 90.01(3)° Volume: 1074.5(2)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic | ||||||
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| REFERENCES for Kristiansenite | |
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| American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] | |
| Ferraris G, Gula A, Ivaldi G, Nespolo M, Raade G (2001) Crystal structure of kristiansenite: a case of class IIB twinning by metric merohedry, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 216, 442-448 | |
| Raade G, Ferraris G, Gula A, Ivaldi G, Bernhard F (2002) Kristiansenite, a new calcium-scandium-tin sorosilicate from granite pegmatite in Tørdal, Telemark, Norway, Mineralogy and Petrology, 75, 89-99 [view file] | |
| Jambor J L, Roberts A C (2003) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 88, 251-255 [view file] | |
| Mandarino J A (2003) New minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 803-828 [view file] | |
| Miyawaki R, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2022) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) - Newsletter 70, European Journal of Mineralogy, 34, 591-601 [view file] | |
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