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Name: Nalivkinite RRUFF ID: R070219 Ideal Chemistry: Li2NaFe2+7Ti2(Si4O12)2O2(OH)4F(H2O)2 Locality: Dara-i-Pioz (Darai-Piez) Glacier, Alayskiy (Alai; Alay) Range, South Tien-Shan Mts, Garm region, Districts of the Republican Subordination, Tajikistan Source: Michael Scott S100429 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Light brown platy crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Groups: [ astrophyllite (11) ] [ Astrophyllite (5) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R070219.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 5.35(1)Å b: 11.89(2)Å c: 11.67(2)Å alpha: 113.45(7)° beta: 94.63(7)° gamma: 102.98(6)° Volume: 652.4(9)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic |
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REFERENCES for Nalivkinite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Uvarova Y A, Sokolova E, Hawthorne F C, Agakhanov A A, Pautov L A (2008) The crystal structure of nalivkinite, a new lithium member of the astrophyllite group, The Canadian Mineralogist, 46, 651-659 [view file] |
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Cámara F, Sokolova E, Abdu Y, Hawthorne F C (2010) The crystal structures of niobophyllite, kupletskite-(Cs) and Sn-rich astrophyllite: Revisions to the crystal chemistry of the astrophyllite-group minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 48, 1-16 [view file] |
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Sokolova E (2012) Further developments in the structure topology of the astrophyllite-group minerals, Mineralogical Magazine, 76, 863-882 [view file] |
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Agakhanov A A, Pautov L A, Sokolova E, Abdu Y A, Karpenko V Y (2016) Two astrophyllite-supergroup minerals: Bulgakite, a new mineral from the Darai-Pioz Alkaline Massif, Tajikistan and revision of the crystal structure and chemical formula of nalivkinite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 54, 33-48 [view file] |
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Cámara F, Gagne O C, Belakovskiy D I (2017) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 102, 1143-1148 [view file] |
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Sokolova E, Cámara F, Hawthorne F C, Ciriotti M E (2017) The astrophyllite supergroup: nomenclature and classification, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 143-153 |
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