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Name: Manandonite RRUFF ID: R060968 Ideal Chemistry: Li2Al4(Si2AlB)O10(OH)8 Locality: Antandro Komby mine, Manandona River, Antsirabe, Madagascar Source: Michael Scott S100388 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Botryoidal coating of tan colored pseudohexagonal plates on red tourmaline and gray feldspar. Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Groups: [ Clay (86) ] [ serpentine (12) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R060968.9 | ||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 5.0879(50)Å b: 8.8211(67)Å c: 13.850(16)Å alpha: 90.022(48)° beta: 90.093(47)° gamma: 90.041(46)° Volume: 621.60(39)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic |
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REFERENCES for Manandonite | |
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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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Lacroix A (1912) Sur une nouvelle espèce minérale (manandonite) des pegmatites de Madagascar, Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie, 35, 223-226 [view file] |
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Spencer L J (1913) A (sixth) list of new mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 16, 352-378 [view file] |
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Ranorosoa N, Fontan F, Fransolet A M (1989) Rediscovery of manandonite in the Sahatany Valley, Madagascar, European Journal of Mineralogy, 1, 633-638 |
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Jambor J L, Puziewicz J (1990) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 75, 1209-1216 [view file] |
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Zheng H, Bailey S W (1995) The crystal structure of manandonite-2H2, American Mineralogist, 80, 387-393 [view file] |
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