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|   |   | Name: Scawtite RRUFF ID: R060340 Ideal Chemistry: Ca7(Si3O9)2(CO3)·2H2O Locality: Crestmore Quarry, near Riverside, Riverside County, California, USA Source: Michael Scott S100203 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Aggregates of tabular colorless crystals, associated with grossular, calcite, and monticellite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. | 
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| RRUFF ID: | R060340.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 10.104(2)Å    b: 15.184(2)Å    c: 6.623(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 100.584(9)° gamma: 90° Volume: 998.7(2)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic | ||||||
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| REFERENCES for Scawtite | |
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| 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] | |
| Tilley C E, Hey M H (1930) Scawtite, a new mineral from Scawt Hill, Co. Antrim, Mineralogical Magazine, 22, 222-224 [view file] | |
| Foshag W F (1935) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 20, 403-404 [view file] | |
| McConnell J D C (1955) A chemical, optical and x-ray study of scawtite from ballycraigy, Larne, N. Ireland, American Mineralogist, 40, 510-514 [view file] | |
| Murdoch J (1955) Scawtite from Crestmore, California, American Mineralogist, 40, 505-509 [view file] | |
| Pluth J J, Smith J V (1973) The crystal structure of scawtite, Ca7(Si6O18)(CO3).2H2O, Acta Crystallographica, B29, 73-80 | |
| Zhang L, Fu P, Yang H, Yu K, Zhou Z (1992) Crystal structure of scawtite, Chinese Science Bulletin, 37, 930-934 [view file] | |
| Jambor J L, Grew E S (1994) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 79, 387-391 [view file] | |
| Grice J D (2005) The structure of spurrite, tilleyite and scawtite, and relationships to other silicate-carbonate minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 1489-1500 [view file] | |
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