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|   |   | Name: Gordonite RRUFF ID: R130671 Ideal Chemistry: MgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O Locality: Near Milgun Station, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia, Australia Source: Rock Currier [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Vitreous clear prismatic lathlike bundles of triclinic crystals. Associated with montgomeryite (R140625), collinsite (R140626), and hydroxylapatite (R140987). Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. | 
| Mineral Group: [ Laueite (9) ] | ||
| Quick search: [ All Gordonite samples (2) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R130671.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 5.242(2)Å    b: 10.464(4)Å    c: 6.965(4)Å alpha: 107.76(3)° beta: 111.46(4)° gamma: 71.86(5)° Volume: 329.87(3)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic | ||||||
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| REFERENCES for Gordonite | |
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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] | |
| Larsen E S, Shannon E V (1930) The minerals of the phosphate nodules from near Fairfield, Utah, American Mineralogist, 15, 307-337 [view file] | |
| Leavens P B, Rheingold A L (1988) Crystal structures of gordonite, MgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2(H2O)6·2H2O, and its Mn analog, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1988, 265-270 | |
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