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Name: Leucophanite RRUFF ID: R060199 Ideal Chemistry: NaCaBeSi2O6F Locality: Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada Source: Royal Ontario Museum M31735 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Gray colored transparent fragment Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
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Quick search: [ All Leucophanite samples (3) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R060199.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 7.372(2)Å b: 7.396(3)Å c: 9.946(4)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 542.3(4)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Leucophanite | |
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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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Erdmann A (1842) Undersökning af leucophan, ett nytt mineral frän trakten af Brewig i Norrige, Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 1840, 191-200 [view file] |
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Cannillo E, Giuseppetti G, Tazzoli V (1967) The crystal structure of leucophanite, Acta Crystallographica, 23, 255-259 |
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Cannillo E, Giuseppetti G, Tazzoli V (1969) On the crystal structure of leucophanite, Acta Crystallographica, B25, 993-994 |
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Grice J D, Hawthorne F C (1989) Refinement of the crystal structure of leucophanite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 27, 193-197 [view file] |
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Cannillo E, Giuseppetti G, Mazzi F, Tazzoli V (1992) The crystal structure of a rare earth bearing leucophanite: (Ca,RE)CaNa2Be2Si4O12(F,O)2, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 202, 71-79 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Burke E A J, Grew E S, Puziewicz J (1993) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 78, 672-678 [view file] |
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