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Name: Footemineite RRUFF ID: R090005 Ideal Chemistry: Ca2Mn2+5Be4(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O Locality: Foote mine, North Carolina, USA Source: Luiz Menezes [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Pale yellow to light green prismatic or barrel-shaped crystals associated with colorless albite. Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R090005.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 6.743(6)Å b: 9.926(9)Å c: 9.951(7)Å alpha: 73.81(2)° beta: 85.46(3)° gamma: 87.63(3)° Volume: 638(1)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic |
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REFERENCES for Footemineite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Fanfani L, Nunzi A, Zananni P F, Zanzari A R (1975) The crystal structure of roscherite, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 22, 266-277 |
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Rastsvetaeva R K, Chukanov N V, Verin I A, Atencio D (2007) The crystal structure of footemineite, Doklady Earth Sciences, 416, 1053-1056 |
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Atencio D, Matioli P A, Smith J B, Chukanov N V, Coutinho J M V, Rastsvetaeva R K, Mockel S (2008) Footemineite, the Mn-analog of atencioite, from the Foote mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, U.S.A., and its relationship with other roscherite-group minerals, American Mineralogist, 93, 1-6 [view file] |
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Poirier G, Ercit T S, Tait K T, Piilonen P C, Rowe R (2009) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 94, 399-408 [view file] |
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