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| Name: Fluorcarletonite RRUFF ID: R180028 Ideal Chemistry: KNa4Ca4Si8O18(CO3)4F·H2O Locality: Murun massif, northwestern part of the Aldan Shield, Siberia, Russia Source: Ekaterina Kaneva Owner: Ekaterina Kaneva Description: Type sample, data from Kaneva et al (2018) Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. | ||
| Mineral Group: [ Carletonite (2) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R180028 | |||||
| Sample Description: | Powder | |||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 13.1808(5)Å    b: 13.1808(5)Å    c: 16.6980(8)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 2901.0(3)Å3 Crystal System: unknown | |||||
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| REFERENCES for Fluorcarletonite | |
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| Kaneva E, Radomskaya T, Suvorova L, Sterkhova I, Kozlov A, Mitichkin M (2018) Second occurence of carletonite, Murum Massif (Russia): SCXRD, powder XRD, EMPA, FTIR and TG-DSC study, Scientific Research Abstracts, 9, 40-40 [view file] | |
| Miyawaki R, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2019) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 51. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2019, Mineralogical Magazine, 83, 757-761 [view file] | |
| Kaneva E, Radomskaya T, Suvorova L, Sterkhova I, Mitichkin M (2020) Crystal chemistry of fluorcarletonite, a new mineral from the Murun alkaline complex (Russia), European Journal of Mineralogy, 32, 137-146 [view file] | |
| Kaneva E, Bogdanov A, Radomskaya T, Belozerova O, Shendrik R (2023) Crystal-chemical characterisation and spectroscopy of fluorcarletonite and carletonite, Mineralogical Magazine, 87, 356-368 | |
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