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Name: Taranakite RRUFF ID: R140802 Ideal Chemistry: K3Al5(PO3OH)6(PO4)2·18H2O Locality: Parwan lava caves, Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia Source: Rock Currier [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Tan, fine-grained, massive Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction. |
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Mineral Group: [ Taranakite (2) ] |
POWDER DIFFRACTION | ||||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R140802.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 8.6972(8)Å b: 8.6972(8)Å c: 95.05(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 6220(2)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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REFERENCES for Taranakite | |
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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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Richmond H (1866) A new phosphatic mineral, taranaki, New Zealand Exhibition, 1865. Reports and Awards of the Jurors, 1866, 423-425 [view file] |
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Murray J W, Dietrich R V (1956) Brushite and taranakite from Pig Hole Cave, Giles County, Virginia, American Mineralogist, 41, 616-626 [view file] |
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Fiore S, Lavanio R (1991) Brushite, hydroxylapatite, and taranakite from Apulian caves (southern Italy): New mineralogical data, American Mineralogist, 76, 1722-1727 [view file] |
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Dick S, Gossner U, Weiss A, Robl C, Grossman G, Ohms G, Zeiske T (1998) Taranakite - the mineral with the longest crystallographic axis, Inorganica Chimica Acta, 269, 47-57 |
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Dick S, Zeiske T (1998) Francoanellit K3Al5HPO4)6(PO4) 2·12H2O: Struktur und Synthese durch topochemische Entwässerung von Taranakit, Zeitschrift für Naturforschung B Chemical Science, 53, 711-719 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Kovalenker V A, Roberts A C (1998) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 83, 1117-1121 [view file] |
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Kampf A R, Mills S J, Nash B P, Housley R M, Rossman G R, Dini M (2013) Camaronesite, [Fe3+(H2O)2(PO3OH)]2(SO4)·12H2O, a new phosphate-sulfate from the Camarones Valley, Chile, structurally related to taranakite, Mineralogical Magazine, 77, 453-465 [view file] |
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