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Name: Morinite RRUFF ID: R070529 Ideal Chemistry: NaCa2Al2(PO4)2(OH)F4·2H2O Locality: Hugo mine, Keystone, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA Source: James Shigley [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Pale purple massive associated with white fluorapatite and colorless augelite Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed. |
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REFERENCES for Morinite | |
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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 (1891) Note préliminaire sur un minéral nouveau de Montebras (Creuse), Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie, 14, 187-189 [view file] |
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Richmond W E (1940) Crystal chemistry of the phosphates, arsenates and vanadates of the type A2XO4(Z), American Mineralogist, 25, 441-478 [view file] |
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Fisher D J, Runner J J (1958) Morinite from the Black Hills, American Mineralogist, 43, 585-594 [view file] |
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Fisher D J (1962) Jeekite is morinite, American Mineralogist, 47, 398-400 [view file] |
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International Mineralogical Association (1967) Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 131-136 [view file] |
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Hawthorne F C (1979) The crystal structure of morinite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 17, 93-102 [view file] |
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