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Name: Annite RRUFF ID: R060211 Ideal Chemistry: KFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 Locality: Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada Source: Royal Ontario Museum M51392 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Black platy fragment Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
Mineral Groups: [ mica (50) ] [ Clay (86) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Annite samples (2) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | |||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R060211.1 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 5.465(2)Å b: 9.281(1)Å c: 10.2595(6)Å alpha: 90.° beta: 99.73(2)° gamma: 90.° Volume: 512.9(2)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Annite | |
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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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Dana J D, Brush G J (1868) 291. Annite, in A System of Mineralogy, Fifth Edition John Wiley and Sons New York 308-308 [view file] |
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Eugster H P, Wones D R (1962) Stability relations of the ferruginous biotite, annite, Journal of Petrology, 3, 82-125 |
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Hazen R M, Burnham C W (1973) The crystal structures of one-layer phlogopite and annite, American Mineralogist, 58, 889-900 [view file] |
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Kwak T A P (1981) Sectorzoned annite85phlogopite15 micas from the Mt. Lindsay SnWF(Be) deposit, Tasmania, Australia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 19, 643-650 [view file] |
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Miyano T, Miyano S (1982) Ferri-annite from the Dales Gorge Member iron-formations, Wittenoom area, Western Australia, American Mineralogist, 67, 1179-1194 [view file] |
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Tlili A, Smith D C, Beny J M, Boyer H (1989) A Raman microprobe study of natural micas, Mineralogical Magazine, 53, 165-179 [view file] |
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Rieder M, Cavazzini G, DYakonov Y S, Frank-Kamenetskii V A, Gottardt G, Guggenheim S, Koval P V, Muller G, Neiva A M R, Radoslovich E W, Robert J L, Sassi F P, Takeda H, Weiss Z, Wones D R (1998) Nomenclature of the micas, The Canadian Mineralogist, 36, 905-912 [view file] |
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Ondru P, Veselovský F, Gabaová A, Hlouek J, rein V, Vavrín I, Skála R, Sejkora J, Drábek M (2003) Primary minerals of the Jáchymov ore district, Journal of the Czech Geological Society, 48, 19-147 [view file] |
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Breiter K, Vaňková M, Galiová M V, Korbelová Z, Kanický V (2017) Lithium and trace-element concentrations in trioctahedral micas from granites of different geochemical types measured via laser ablation ICP-MS, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 15-33 |
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