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Name: Götzenite RRUFF ID: R070449 Ideal Chemistry: Ca4NaCa2Ti(Si2O7)2(OF)F2 Locality: Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada Source: Michael Scott S104517 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Sprays of yellowish bladed crystals with green or colorless vesuvianite, white thick prismatic pectolite and brown phlogopite mica. Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Rosenbuschite (6) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Götzenite samples (4) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R070449.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 9.582(3)Å b: 5.718(2)Å c: 7.298(3)Å alpha: 89.87(2)° beta: 101.05(2)° gamma: 100.96(2)° Volume: 385.0(2)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic |
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REFERENCES for Götzenite | |
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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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Sahama T G, Hytönen K (1957) Götzenite and combeite, two new silicates from the Belgian Congo, Mineralogical Magazine, 31, 503-510 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1958) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 43, 790-798 [view file] |
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International Mineralogical Association (1962) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 260-263 [view file] |
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Cannillo E, Mazzi F, Rossi G (1972) Crystal structure of gotzenite, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 16, issue 6 1026-1030 [view file] |
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Christiansen C C, Johnsen O, Makovicky E (2003) Crystal chemistry of the rosenbuschite group, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 1203-1224 [view file] |
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Bellezza M, Merlino S, Perchiazzi N (2004) Chemical and structural study of the Zr, Ti-disilicates in the venanzite from Pian di Celle, Umbria, Italy, European Journal of Mineralogy, 16, 957-969 |
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Sokolova E (2006) From structure topology to chemical composition. I. Structural hierarchy and stereochemistry in titanium disilicate minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 1273-1330 [view file] |
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Biagioni C, Merlino S, Parodi G C, Perchiazzi N (2012) Crystal chemistry of minerals of the wöhlerite group from the Los Archipelago, Guinea, The Canadian Mineralogist, 50, 593-609 [view file] |
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