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Name: Garronite-Ca RRUFF ID: R050281 Ideal Chemistry: Ca3(Al6Si10O32)·14H2O Locality: Pete's Point, Aneroid Lake, Wallowa County, Oregon, USA Source: Marcus Origlieri Owner: RRUFF Description: White radiating crystal aggregates completely filling amygdules Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
Mineral Group: [ Gismondine (3) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | ||||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R050281.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 9.9433(8)Å b: 9.9433(8)Å c: 10.269(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1015.3(0)Å3 Crystal System: tetragonal |
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REFERENCES for Garronite-Ca | |
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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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Fleischer M (1961) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 46, 464-468 [view file] |
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Walker G P L (1962) Garronite, a new zeolite, from Ireland and Iceland, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 173-186 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1963) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 48, 708-712 [view file] |
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Dunn P J, Gobel V, Grice J D, Puziewicz J, Shigley J E, Vanko D A, Zilczer J (1985) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 70, 436-441 [view file] |
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Artioli G (1992) The crystal structure of garronite, American Mineralogist, 77, 189-196 [view file] |
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Coombs D S, Alberti A, Armbruster T, Artioli G, Colella C, Galli E, Grice J D, Liebau F, Mandarino J A, Minato H, Nickel E H, Passaglia E, Peacor D R, Quartieri S, Rinaldi R, Ross M, Sheppard R A, Tillmanns E, Vezzalini G, (1997) Recommended nomenclature for zeolite minerals: report of the Subcommittee on Zeolites of the International Mineralogical Association, Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 1571-1606 [view file] |
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Schröpfer L, Joswig W (1997) Structure analyses of a partially dehydrated synthetic Ca-garronite single crystal under different T, pH2O conditions, European Journal of Mineralogy, 9, 53-66 |
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Jambor J L, Grew E S, Roberts A C (1998) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 83, 1347-1352 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Puziewicz J, Roberts A C (2000) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 85, 627-630 [view file] |
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Hålenius U, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2015) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 26. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2015, Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 941-947 [view file] |
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