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Name: Nekoite RRUFF ID: R070475 Ideal Chemistry: Ca3Si6O15·7H2O Locality: LaCotita mine, Inca de Oro, Chile Source: Bob Jenkins [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Globular to radial aggregates of thin white acicular crystals associated with colorless apophyllite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | |||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R070475.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 7.562(3)Å b: 9.766(4)Å c: 7.328(4)Å alpha: 111.59(1)° beta: 103.60(1)° gamma: 86.41(1)° Volume: 488.9(8)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic |
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REFERENCES for Nekoite | |
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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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Fleischer M (1956) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 41, 958-960 [view file] |
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Gard J A, Taylor F W (1956) Okenite and nekoite (a new mineral), Mineralogical Magazine, 31, 5-21 [view file] |
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Gard J A, Taylor H F W (1956) Okenite and nekoite (a new mineral), Mineralogical Magazine, 31, 5-20 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1962) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 47, 1216-1223 [view file] |
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Alberti A, Galli E (1980) The structure of nekoite, Ca3Si6O15·7H2O, a new type of sheet silicate, American Mineralogist, 65, 1270-1276 [view file] |
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