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Golyshevite R061047
Name: Golyshevite
RRUFF ID: R061047
Ideal Chemistry: Na10Ca9Zr3Fe2SiNb(Si3O9)2(Si9O27)2(OH)3(CO3)·H2O
Locality: Mica mine, Kovdor, Kola, Russia
Source: Michael Scott S100972 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Dark brown vitreous blebs
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Group: [ eudialyte (13) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R061047.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R061047.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 14.245(2)Å    b: 14.245(2)Å    c: 30.032(6)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 120°   Volume: 5278(2)Å3    Crystal System: hexagonal
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Golyshevite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Chukanov N V, Moiseev M M, Rastsvetaeva R K, Rozenberg K A, Zadov A E, Pekov I V, Korovushkin V V (2005) Golyshevite (Na,Ca)10Ca9(Fe3+,Fe2+)2Zr3NbSi25O72(CO3)(OH)3·H2O, and mogovidite, Na9(Ca,Na)6Ca6(Fe3+,Fe2+)2Zr3◻Si25O72(CO3)(OH,H2O)4, the new eudialyte-group minerals from high-calcium agpaitic pegmatites of the Kovdor Massif, Kola peninsula, Zapiski Rossiiskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchetstva, 134, issue 6 36-47   [view file]

Rozenberg K A, Rastsvetaeva R K, Chukanov N V, Verin I A (2005) Crystal structure of golyshevite, Crystallography Reports, 50, 539-543

Ercit T S, Piilonen P C, Rowe R (2007) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 92, 1539-1542   [view file]

Pekov I V (2007) New minerals from former Soviet Union countries, 1998-2006: new minerals approved by the IMA commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Almanac, 11, 9-51   [view file]

Rastsvetaeva R K, Chukanov N V (2012) Classification of eudialyte-group minerals, Geology of Ore Deposits, 54, 487-497   [view file]