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Name: Chlorbartonite RRUFF ID: R070369 Ideal Chemistry: K6Fe24S26Cl Locality: Koashva Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia Source: Michael Scott S104805 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Black submetallic grains with conchoidal fracture, associated with dark-green aegirine and elongated reddish brown lamprophyllite. Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Djerfisherite (3) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Chlorbartonite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R070369.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 10.369(2)Å b: 10.369(2)Å c: 20.602(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 2215.0(8)Å3 Crystal System: tetragonal |
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REFERENCES for Chlorbartonite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Jambor J L, Roberts A C (2003) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 88, 1836-1840 [view file] |
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Yakovenchuk V N, Pakhomovsky Y A, Men'shikov Y P, Ivanyuk G Y, Krivovichev S V, Burns P C (2003) Chlorbartonite, K6Fe24S26(Cl,S), a new mineral species from a hydrothermal vein in the Khibina massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia: Description and crystal structure, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 503-511 [view file] |
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Azarova Y V, Krinov D I, Sokolova M N (2006) A structural and genetic relationship of djerfisherite and bartonite, and the problem of isomorphous substitutions in the system djerfisherite - "Cu-djerfisherite" - bartonite, New Data on Minerals, 41, 98-107 [view file] |
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Pekov I V (2007) New minerals from former Soviet Union countries, 1998-2006: new minerals approved by the IMA commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Almanac, 11, 9-51 [view file] |
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