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Name: Cyrilovite RRUFF ID: R060504 Ideal Chemistry: NaFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O Locality: Gunheath pit, St. Austell, Cornwall, England Source: Michael Scott S100184 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Group of yellowish-brown indistinct small crystals associated with leucophosphite, R060338, and green chalcosiderite, R060339 Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Wardite (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R060504.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 7.279(8)Å b: 7.279(8)Å c: 19.32(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1024(2)Å3 Crystal System: tetragonal |
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REFERENCES for Cyrilovite | |
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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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Novotný M, Stanek J (1953) Nový minerál, fosforecnan cyrilovit. (Cyrilovite, a new phosphate mineral), Acta Academiae Scientiarum Naturaliuim Moravo-Silesiacae, 25, 325-336 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1957) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 42, 580-586 [view file] |
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Lindberg M L (1957) Relationship of the minerals avelinoite, cyrilovite, and wardite, American Mineralogist, 42, 204-213 [view file] |
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Cozzupoli D, Grubessi O, Mottana A, Zanazzi P F (1987) Cyrilovite from Italy: structure and crystal chemistry, Mineralogy and Petrology, 37, 1-14 |
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