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Name: Strontiohurlbutite RRUFF ID: R141104 Ideal Chemistry: SrBe2(PO4)2 Locality: Nanping No. 31 pegmatite, Fujian province, southeastern China Source: Can Rao Owner: Can Rao Description: Light blue platy subhedral-to-anhedral crystals. Associated with quartz, muscovite, beryl, hurlbutite, hydroxylherderite, apatite-group minerals, and phenakite. Data from Rao et al (2014) Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
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Mineral Group: [ Danburite (6) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R141104.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 7.997(3)Å b: 8.979(2)Å c: 8.420(7)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90.18(6)° gamma: 90° Volume: 604.7(1)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Strontiohurlbutite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2012) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 14, New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2012, Mineralogical Magazine, 76, 1281-1288 [view file] |
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Dal Bo F, Hatert F, Baijot M (2014) Crystal chemistry of synthetic M2+Be2P2O8 (M2+ = Ca, Sr, Pb, Ba) beryllophosphates, The Canadian Mineralogist, 52, 337-350 |
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Rao C, Wang R, Hatert F, Gu X, Ottolini L, Hu H, Dong C, Bo F D, Baijot M (2014) Strontiohurlbutite, SrBe2(PO4)2, a new mineral from Nanping No. 31 pegmatite, Fujian Province, Southeastern China, American Mineralogist, 99, 494-499 [view file] |
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