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Name: Labuntsovite-Mg RRUFF ID: R130550 Ideal Chemistry: Na4K4Mg2Ti8O4(Si4O12)4(OH)4·10-12H2O Locality: Kovdor Zheleznyi mine, Kovdor Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia Source: Don Doell [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Prismatic orange crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
| Mineral Group: [ labuntsovite (11) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R130550.9 | ||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||
| Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 14.2727(4)Å b: 13.7624(3)Å c: 7.7835(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 116.875(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 1363.75(8)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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| REFERENCES for Labuntsovite-Mg | |
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Fleischer M (1956) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 41, 163-168 [view file] |
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Chukanov N V, Pekov I V, Rastsvetaeva R K, Nekrasov A N (1999) Labuntsovite: Solid solutions and features of the crystal structure, The Canadian Mineralogist, 37, 901-910 [view file] |
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Khomyakov A P, Nechelyustov G N, Ferraris G, Gula A, Ivaldi G (2001) Labuntsovite-Fe and labuntsovite-Mg- two new minerals from the Khibina and Kovdor alkaline massifs, Kola Peninsula, Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 130, issue 4 36-45 [view file] |
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Chukanov N V, Pekov I V, Khomyakov A P (2002) Recommended nomeclature for labuntsovite-group minerals, European Journal of Mineralogy, 14, 165-173 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Roberts A C (2002) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 87, 1731-1735 [view file] |
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Rastsvetaeva R K, Chukanov N V (2002) X-ray diffraction and IR spectroscopy study of labuntsovite-group minerals, Crystallography Reports, 47, 939-945 [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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