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|   |   | Name: Suzukiite RRUFF ID: R150039 Ideal Chemistry: BaV4+Si2O7 Locality: Gun Claim, Yukon Territory, Canada Source: Gunnar Farber [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Isolated aggregates of bright-green granular or flake crystals, associated with pale grey walstromite (R150079), pellyite (R150078), diopside, benitoite, bavsiite (R150042) and celsian Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. | 
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| RRUFF ID: | R150039.9 | ||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 7.104(2)Å    b: 15.243(5)Å    c: 5.357(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 580.1(1)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic | ||||
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| REFERENCES for Suzukiite | |
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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] | |
| Matsubara S, Kato A, Yui S (1982) Suzukiite, Ba2V4+2[O2|Si4O12], a new mineral from the Mogurazawa mine, Gumma Prefecture, Japan, Mineralogical Journal, 11, 15-20 [view file] | |
| Fleischer M, Pabst A (1983) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 68, 280-283 [view file] | |
| Ito M, Matsubara S, Yokoyama K, Momma K, Miyawaki R, Nakai I, Kato A (2014) Crystal structure of suzukiite from the Mogurazawa mine, Gunma Prefecture, Japan, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 109, 222-227 | |
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