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Name: Lorenzenite RRUFF ID: R060960 Ideal Chemistry: Na2Ti2O3(Si2O6) Locality: Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia Source: Michael Scott S101383 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Dark brown prismatic single crystal Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
Quick search: [ All Lorenzenite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R060960.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 8.7041(3)Å b: 5.2314(4)Å c: 14.4877(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 659.70(4)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Lorenzenite | |
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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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Flink G (1901) Undersøgelser af mineraler fra Julianehaab indsamlede af G. Flink 1897. Part I. On the minerals from Narsarsuk on the Firth of Tunugdliarfik in Southern Greenland. 27. Lorenzenite, Meddelelser om Grønland, 24, 9-180 [view file] |
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Barth T, Berman H (1930) Titanosilikate. lorenzenit und ramsayit, Chemie der Erde, 5, 40-41 [view file] |
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Sahama T G (1947) Analysis of ramsayite and lorenzenite, American Mineralogist, 32, 59-63 [view file] |
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Sundberg M R, Lehtinen M, Kivekäs R (1987) Refinement of the crystal structure of ramsayite (lorenzenite), American Mineralogist, 72, 173-177 [view file] |
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