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Name: Friedelite RRUFF ID: R070085 Ideal Chemistry: Mn2+8Si6O15(OH)10 Locality: Sterling Hill mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey, USA Source: Bob Jenkins [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Orange-brown coarsely crystalline Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
Mineral Groups: [ Pyrosmalite (9) ] [ Clay (86) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Friedelite samples (2) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | |||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R070085.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 23.208(8)Å b: 13.402(5)Å c: 7.439(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 105.07(2)° gamma: 90° Volume: 2234(1)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Friedelite | |
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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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Bertrand E (1876) Sur un nouveau minéral des Pyrénees, Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, 82, 1167-1168 [view file] |
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Hey M H (1956) The empirical unit-cell contents of the friedelite family, American Mineralogist, 41, 134-138 [view file] |
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Dunn P J, Peacor D R, Nelen J A, Norberg J A (1981) Crystal-chemical data for schallerite, caryopilite and friedelite from Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey, American Mineralogist, 66, 1054-1062 [view file] |
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Ozawa T, Takéuchi Y, Takahata T, Donnay G, Donnay J D H (1983) The pyrosmalite group of minerals. II. The layer structure of mcgillite and friedelite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 21, 7-17 [view file] |
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Kato T, Watanabe I (1992) The crystal structures of schallerite and friedelite, Yamaguchi University, College of Arts Bulletin, 26, 51-63 [view file] |
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