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Name: Loomisite RRUFF ID: R210017 Ideal Chemistry: Ba[Be2P2O8]·H2O Locality: Big Chief mine, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA Source: Tom Loomis TL256A [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: White acicular divergent crystals, associated with white bladed dondoellite, and yellow needle earlshannonite. Status: unconfirmed |
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a: 7.6457(2) Å b: 9.4427(3) Å c: 4.7512(2) Å alpha: 90° beta: 91.197(3)° gamma: 90° Volume: 343.37(1) Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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| REFERENCES for Loomisite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Miyawaki R, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2022) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) - Newsletter 67, European Journal of Mineralogy, 34, 359-364 [view file] |
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Yang H, Gu X, Gibbs R B, Downs R T (2023) Loomisite, Ba[Be2P2O8]⋅H2O, the first natural example with the zeolite ABW-type framework, from Keystone, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA, Mineralogical Magazine, 87, 79-85 [view file] |
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