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Name: Shibkovite RRUFF ID: R080040 Ideal Chemistry: K2Ca2(Zn3Si12)O30 Locality: Dara-i-Pioz Glacier, Alayskiy (Alai) Range, Tien Shan Mts, Region of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan Source: Michael Scott S103624 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless, vitreous, massive containing some black inclusions. Sample fluoresces neon-orange under SWUV light. Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Milarite (18) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R080040.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 10.529(2)Å b: 10.529(2)Å c: 14.211(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 1364.2(4)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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REFERENCES for Shibkovite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Pautov L A, Agakhanov A A, Sokolova E V (1998) Shibkovite K(Ca, Mn, Na)2 (K2-x◻x)2Zn3Si12O30 the new mineral from the milarite group, Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 127, issue 4 89-94 [view file] |
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Sokolova E V, Rybakov V B, Pautov L A (1999) Crystal structure of shibkovite, Doklady Earth Sciences, 369A, 1288-1290 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Puziewicz J, Roberts A C (2000) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 85, 627-630 [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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Gagné O C, Hawthorne F C (2016) Chemographic exploration of the milarite-type structure, The Canadian Mineralogist, 54, 1229-1247 |
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