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Name: Microcline RRUFF ID: R150015 Ideal Chemistry: K(AlSi3O8) Locality: Unknown Source: Jennifer Schmidt LDP12-12 Owner: RRUFF Description: Pale tan, fragment Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
| Mineral Group: [ feldspar (62) ] | ||
| Quick search: [ All Microcline samples (7) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R150015.9 | ||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||
| Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 8.5610(2)Å b: 12.9759(2)Å c: 7.20240(10)Å alpha: 90.1040(10)° beta: 116.0180(10)° gamma: 89.6890(10)° Volume: 719.00(2)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic |
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| REFERENCES for Microcline | |
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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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Breithaupt J F A (1830) Ueber die Felsite und einige deue Specien ihres Geschlechts, Journal für Chemie und Physik, 60, 316-330 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1958) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 43, 1006-1008 [view file] |
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Finney J J, Bailey S W (1964) Crystal structure of an authigenic maximum microcline, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 119, 413-436 [view file] |
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Cherry M E, Trembath L T (1979) The disordering of alkali feldspars. I. Dry heating of a microcline perthite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 17, 527-535 [view file] |
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Ferguson R B (1979) Whence orthoclase and microcline? A crystallographer’s interpretation of potassium feldspar phase relations, The Canadian Mineralogist, 17, 515-525 [view file] |
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Eggleton R A, Buseck P R (1980) The orthoclase-microcline inversion: A high-resolution transmission electron microscope study and strain analysis, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 74, 123-133 |
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Griffen D T, Johnson B T (1984) Strain in triclinic alkali feldspars: a crystal structure study, American Mineralogist, 69, 1072-1077 |
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Martin R F, Falster A U (1986) Proterozoic sanidine and microcline in pegmatite, Wausau complex, Wisconsin, The Canadian Mineralogist, 24, 709-716 [view file] |
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Blasi A, Blasi C P, Zanazzi P F (1987) A re-examination of the Pellotsalo microcline: mineralogical implications and genetic considerations, The Canadian Mineralogist, 25, 527-537 [view file] |
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Ferguson R B, Ball N A (1987) Quantitative phase-analysis of Rb-enriched maximum microcline and low albite by X-ray powder diffractometry, The Canadian Mineralogist, 25, 337-345 [view file] |
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Brown W L, Parsons I (1989) Alkali feldspars: ordering rates, phase transformations and behaviour diagrams for igneous rocks, Mineralogical Magazine, 53, 25-42 [view file] |
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Harris M J, Salje E K H, Guttler B K, Carpenter M A (1989) Structural states of natural potassium feldspar: An infrared spectroscopic study, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 16, 649-658 |
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White J C, Barnett R L (1990) Microstructural signatures and glide twins in microcline, Hemlo, Ontario, The Canadian Mineralogist, 28, 757-769 [view file] |
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Mernagh T P (1991) Use of the laser Raman microprobe for discrimination amongst feldspar minerals, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 22, 453-457 |
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Blum A E (1994) Feldspars in weathering, in I. Parson (ed.), Feldspars and their reactions Kluwer Academic Dordrecht, the Netherlands 595-630 |
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Allan D R, Angel R J (1997) A high-pressure structural study of microcline (KAlSi3O8) to 7 GPa, European Journal of Mineralogy, 9, 263-275 |
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Hamilton V E, McSween H Y, Hapke B (2005) Mineralogy of Martian atmospheric dust inferred from thermal infrared spectra of aerosols, Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, E12006 [link] |
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Freeman J J, Wang A, Kuebler K E, Jolliff B L, Haskin L A (2008) Characterization of natural feldspars by Raman spectroscopy for future planetary exploration, The Canadian Mineralogist, 46, 1477-1500 [view file] |
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Parsons I (2010) Feldspars defined and described: a pair of posters published by the Mineralogical Society. Sources and supporting information, Mineralogical Magazine, 74, 529-551 [view file] |
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Liu S (2015) Rietveld structure refinement of microcline, European Journal of Mineralogy, 27, 501-510 |
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