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Name: Zanazziite RRUFF ID: R100220 Ideal Chemistry: Ca2Be4Mg5(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O Locality: Jenipapo district, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil Source: Luiz Menezes [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Pale lilac rectangular blocky crystals on muscovite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
| Mineral Group: [ roscherite (9) ] | ||
| Quick search: [ All Zanazziite samples (2) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R100220.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 15.869(2)Å b: 11.855(3)Å c: 6.572(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 95.70(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 1230.1(4)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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| REFERENCES for Zanazziite | |
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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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Leavens P B, White J S, Nelen J A (1990) Zanazziite a new mineral from Minas Gerais, Brazil, The Mineralogical Record, 21, 413-417 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Puziewicz J (1991) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 76, 1728-1735 [view file] |
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Atencio D, Coutinho J M V, Menezes L A D (2005) Roscherite-group minerals from Brazil, Axis, 1, Mineralogical Record www.MineralogicalRecord.com 1-18 |
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Rastsvetaeva R K, Rozenberg K A, Chukanov N V, Möckel (2009) The crystal structure of an iron-rich variety of zanazziite belonging to heteropolyhedral framework roscherite-group beryllophosphates, Crystallography Reports, 54, 568-571 |
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Dyar M D, Jawin E R, Breves E, Marchand G, Nelms M, Lane M D, Mertzman S A, Bish D L and Bishop J L (2014) Mössbauer parameters of iron in phosphate minerals: Implications for interpretation of martian data, American Mineralogist, 99, 914-942 [view file] |
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