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Name: Pumpellyite-(Mg) RRUFF ID: R070130 Ideal Chemistry: Ca2MgAl2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2·H2O Locality: Isle Royale National Park, Lake Superior, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA Source: Michael Scott S100404 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Green waterworn massive pebble Status: The identification of this mineral has been made only by X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Pumpellyite (6) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Pumpellyite-(Mg) samples (2) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | ||||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R070130.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 8.8277(4)Å b: 5.9084(4)Å c: 19.1254(6)Å alpha: 90° beta: 97.444(4)° gamma: 90° Volume: 989.12(6)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Pumpellyite-(Mg) | |
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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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Palache C, Vassar H E (1925) Some minerals of the Keweenawan copper deposits: pumpellyite, a new mineral; sericite; saponite, American Mineralogist, 10, 412-418 [view file] |
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Foshag W F (1926) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 11, 216-220 [view file] |
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Claringbull G F (1953) Mineralogical Society (London), American Mineralogist, 38, 734-737 [view file] |
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Coombs D S (1953) The pumpellyite mineral series, Mineralogical Magazine, 30, 113-135 [view file] |
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Galli E, Alberti A (1969) On the crystal structure of pumpellyite, Acta Crystallographica, B25, 2276-2281 |
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Passaglia E, Gottardi G (1973) Crystal chemistry and nomenclature of pumpellyites and julgoldites, The Canadian Mineralogist, 12, 219-223 [view file] |
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Franks S G (1974) Prehnite-pumpellyite facies metamorphism of the New Bay Formation, Exploits zone, Newfoundland, The Canadian Mineralogist, 12, 456-462 [view file] |
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Papezik V S (1974) Prehnite-pumpellyite facies metamorphism of late Precambrian rock of the Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland, The Canadian Mineralogist, 12, 463-468 [view file] |
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Fleischer M, Pabst A, Mandarino J A, Chao G Y, Cabri L J (1976) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 61, 174-186 [view file] |
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Trzcienski W E, Birkett T C (1982) Compositional variations of pumpellyite along the western margin of the Quebec Appalachians, The Canadian Mineralogist, 20, 203-209 [view file] |
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Dunn P J, Fleischer M, Chao G Y, Cabri L J, Mandarino J A (1983) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 68, 1248-1252 [view file] |
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Jambor J L (1992) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 77, 1305-1309 [view file] |
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Nagashima M, Akasaka M, Ikeda K, Kyono A, Makino K (2010) X-ray single-crystal and optical spectroscopic study of chromian pumpellyite from Sarany, Urals, Russia, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 105, 187-193 |
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Nagashima M (2011) Pumpellyite-, sursassite-, and epidote-type structures: common principles-individual features, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 106, 211-222 |
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Lykova I S, Varlamov D A, Chukanov N V, Pekov I V, Zubakova N V (2018) Crystal chemistry of shuiskite and chromian pumpellyite-(Mg), European Journal of Mineralogy, 30, 1133-1139 [view file] |
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