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Name: Painite RRUFF ID: R100164 Ideal Chemistry: CaZrAl9O15(BO3) Locality: Mogok, Burma Source: William W. Pinch [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Brown fragment associated with red ruby corundum Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Quick search: [ All Painite samples (3) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | |||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R100164.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 8.724(1)Å b: 8.724(1)Å c: 8.472(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 558.43(6)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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REFERENCES for Painite | |
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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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Claringbull G F, Hey M H, Payne C J (1957) Painite, a new mineral from Mogok, Burma, Mineralogical Magazine, 31, 420-425 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1957) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 42, 580-586 [view file] |
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Moore P B, Araki T (1976) Painite, CaZrB[Al9O18]: its crystal structure and relation to jeremejevite, B5[◻3Al6(OH)3O15], and fluoborite, B3[Mg9(F,OH)9O9], American Mineralogist, 61, 88-94 [view file] |
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Shigley J E, Kampf A R, Rossman G R (1986) New data on painite, Mineralogical Magazine, 50, 267-270 [view file] |
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Armbruster T, Döbelin N, Peretti A, Günther D, Reusser E, Grobéty B (2004) The crystal structure of painite CaZrB[Al9O18] revisited, American Mineralogist, 89, 610-613 [view file] |
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