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|   |   | Name: Moraesite RRUFF ID: R070480 Ideal Chemistry: Be2(PO4)(OH)·4H2O Locality: Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil Source: Bob Jenkins [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Unconsolidated colorless flat fragments Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction. | 
| Quick search: [ All Moraesite samples (2) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R070480.1 | |||||||
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| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 8.5535(6)Å    b: 12.2962(8)Å    c: 7.1371(8)Å alpha: 90° beta: 97.74(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 743.82(8)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic | |||||||
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| REFERENCES for Moraesite | |
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| American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] | |
| 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] | |
| Lindberg M L, Pecora W T, Barbosa A L M (1953) Moraesite, a new hydrous beryllium phosphate from Minas Gerais, Brazil, American Mineralogist, 38, 1126-1133 [view file] | |
| Fleischer M (1954) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 39, 402-408 [view file] | |
| Cassedanne J P, Cassedanne J O (1987) La moraesite de la mine de tourmaline de Humaita, Minas Gerais, Brésil, The Canadian Mineralogist, 25, 419-424 [view file] | |
| Merlino S, Pasero M (1992) Crystal chemistry of beryllophosphates: The crystal structure of moraesite, Be2(PO4)(OH)·4H2O, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 201, 253-262 [view file] | |
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