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Hochelagaite R110182
Name: Hochelagaite
RRUFF ID: R110182
Ideal Chemistry: CaNb4O11·8H2O
Locality: Mont St-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
Source: Donald Doell [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Radiating groups of colorless acicular fibers associated with siderite and microcline. EDS confirms Ca and Nb
Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed.
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
RRUFF ID:
Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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RRUFF ID: R110182
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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REFERENCES for Hochelagaite

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]

Jambor J L, Sabina A P, Roberts A C, Bonardi M, Owens D R, Sturman B D (1986) Hochelagaite, a new calcium-niobium oxide mineral from Montreal, Quebec, The Canadian Mineralogist, 24, 449-453   [view file]

Hawthorne F C, Jambor J L, Bladh K W, Burke E A J, Grice J D, Phillips D, Roberts A C, Schedler R A, Shigley J E (1987) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 72, 1023-1028   [view file]

Haring M M M, McDonald A M (2014) Franconite, NaNb2O5(OH)·3H2O: structure determination and the role of H bonding, with comments on the crystal chemistry of franconite-related minerals, Mineralogical Magazine, 78, 591-607   [view file]