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Yuksporite R060818
Name: Yuksporite
RRUFF ID: R060818
Ideal Chemistry: K4(Ca,Na)14(Sr,Ba)2(◻,Mn,Fe)(Ti,Nb)4(O,OH)4(Si6O17)2(Si2O7)3(H2O,OH)3
Locality: Chibiny, Kola Peninsula, Russia
Source: Bob Jenkins [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Aggregate of tan colored thin lamellae formed from parallel fibers
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction.
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060818.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
RRUFF ID:
Sample Description: Unoriented sample.
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RRUFF ID: R060818
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample.
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060818.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 7.1302(6)Å    b: 24.924(2)Å    c: 17.073(5)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 102.14(3)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 2966.3(7)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
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Calculated diffraction file.

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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Yuksporite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

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]

Fersman A E (1923) The Chibina Massiv of Kola Island, Transactions of the Northern Scientific and Economic Expedition, 16, 16–73   [view file]

Fersman A E (1926) Minerals of the Kola Peninsula, American Mineralogist, 11, 289-299   [view file]

Schairer J F (1927) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 12, 58-58   [view file]

Fleischer M, Cabri L J, Pabst A (1977) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 62, 1259-1262   [view file]

Hawthorne F C, Bladh K W, Burke E A J, Ercit S, Grew E S, Grice J D, Puziewicz J, Roberts A C, Schedler R A, Shigley J E (1986) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 71, 1543-1548   [view file]

Krivovichev S V, Yakovenchuk V N, Armbruster T, Döbelin N, Pattison P, Weber H P, Depmeier W (2004) Porous titanosilicate nanorods in the structure of yuksporite, (Sr,Ba)2K4(Ca,Na)14(◻,Mn,Fe){(Ti,Nb)4(O,OH)4[Si6O17]2[Si2O7]3}(H2O,OH)n, resolved using synchrotron radiation, American Mineralogist, 89, 1561-1565   [view file]