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Name: Reyerite RRUFF ID: R060749 Ideal Chemistry: Na2Ca14Al2Si22O58(OH)8·6H2O Locality: Drynoch, Island of Skye, Scotland Source: Michael Scott S100299 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Radiating aggregates of colorless thin hexagonal plates. Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
| Mineral Group: [ Gyrolite (5) ] | ||
| Quick search: [ All Reyerite samples (2) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R060749.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 9.756(7)Å b: 9.756(7)Å c: 19.04(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 1569(1)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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| REFERENCES for Reyerite | |
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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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Cornu F, Himmelbauer A (1906) Reyerit, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 25, 519-520 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1959) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 44, 464-470 [view file] |
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Fleischer M, Mandarino J A, Strunz H, Cech F (1965) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 50, 261-268 [view file] |
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Clement S C, Ribbe P H (1973) New locality, formula, and proposed structure for reyerite, American Mineralogist, 58, 517-522 [view file] |
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Henderson C M B, Taylor D (1988) Reyerite, tobermorite, calcian analcime and bytownite from amygdales in a Skye basalt, Mineralogical Magazine, 52, 711-713 |
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Merlino S (1988) The structure of reyerite, (Na,K)2Ca14Si22Al2O58(OH)8·6H2O, Mineralogical Magazine, 52, 247-256 [view file] |
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