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Name: Arapovite RRUFF ID: R060672 Ideal Chemistry: (K1-x◻x)(Ca,Na)2U4+Si8O20 [x ≈ 0.5] Locality: Dara-i-Pioz Glacier, Hait, Alayskiy (Alai) Range, Tien Shan Mountains, Tajikistan Source: Michael Scott S100969 [view label] [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Dark green prismatic crystals with rectangular shapes Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed. |
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Mineral Group: [ Steacyite (4) ] |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Agakhanov A A, Pautov L A, Uvarova Y A, Sokolova E V, Hawthorne F C, Karpenko V Y, Dusmatov V D, Semenov E I (2004) Arapovite, (U,Th)(Ca,Na)2(K1-x◻x)Si8O20·H2O new mineral, New Data on Minerals. Moscow, 39, 14-19 [view file] |
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Uvarova Y A, Sokolova E, Hawthorne F C, Agakhanov A A, Pautov L A (2004) The crystal structure of arapovite, U4+(Ca,Na)2(K1-x◻x)[Si8O20], x~0.5, a new mineral species of the steacyite group from the Dara-I-Pioz Moraine, Tien-Shan Mountains, Tajikistan, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 1005-1011 [view file] |
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Locock A J, Piilonen P C, Ercit T S, Rowe R (2006) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 91, 216-224 [view file] |
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Pekov I V (2007) New minerals from former Soviet Union countries, 1998-2006: new minerals approved by the IMA commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Almanac, 11, 9-51 [view file] |
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