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Name: Greifensteinite RRUFF ID: R100221 Ideal Chemistry: Ca2Be4Fe2+5(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O Locality: Xanda mine, Virgem da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil Source: Luiz Menezes [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Rosettes of green platy crystals on microcline and muscovite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ roscherite (9) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Greifensteinite samples (3) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R100221.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 15.940(3)Å b: 11.901(3)Å c: 6.672(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 94.82(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 1261.2(5)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Greifensteinite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Chukanov N V, Möckel S, Rastsvetaeva R K, Zadov A E (2002) Greifensteinite Ca2Be4(Fe2+,Mn)5(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O a new mineral from Greifenstein, Saxony, Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 131, issue 4 47-52 [view file] |
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Chukanov N V, Pekov I V, Zadov A E, Azarova Y V, Semenov E I (2002) Kuzmenkoite-Zn, K2Zn(Ti,Nb)4(Si4O12)2(OH,O)4·6-8H2O, a new mineral of the labuntsovite group from Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 131, issue 2 45-50 [view file] |
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Rastsvetaeva R K, Gurbanova O A, Chukanov N V (2002) Crystal structure of greifensteinite Ca2Be4(Fe2+,Mn)5(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O, Doklady Chemistry, 383, 78-81 |
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Grew E S, Pertsev N N, Roberts A C (2003) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 88, 1175-1180 [view file] |
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Barinova A V, Rastsvetaeva R K, Chukanov N V, Pietraszko A (2004) Refinement of the crystal structure of Zn-containing greifensteinite, Crystallography Reports, 49, 942-945 [view file] |
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Mandarino J A (2004) New minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 215-234 [view file] |
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Rastsvetaeva R K, Barinova A V, Chukanov N V, Pietraszko A (2004) Crystal structure of a magnesium-rich triclinic analogue of greifensteinite, Doklady Chemistry, 398, 191-195 [view file] |
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Atencio D, Coutinho J M V, Menezes L A D (2005) Roscherite-group minerals from Brazil, Axis, 1, Mineralogical Record www.MineralogicalRecord.com 1-18 |
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