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Name: Kulanite RRUFF ID: R060240 Ideal Chemistry: BaFe2+2Al2(PO4)3(OH)3 Locality: Big Fish River, Yukon Territory, Canada Source: Rock Currier [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Dark green tabular crystals Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
| Mineral Group: [ Bjarebyite (5) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R060240.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 9.034(1)Å b: 12.113(2)Å c: 4.9321(8)Å alpha: 90° beta: 100.516(9)° gamma: 90° Volume: 530.64(9)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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| REFERENCES for Kulanite | |
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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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Mandarino J A, Sturman B D (1976) Kulanite, a new barium iron aluminum phosphate from the Yukon Territory, Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist, 14, 127-131 [view file] |
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Fleischer M, Mandarino J A (1977) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 62, 173-176 [view file] |
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Mandarino J A, Sturman B D, Corlett M I (1977) Penikisite, the magnesium analogue of kulanite, from Yukon Territory, The Canadian Mineralogist, 15, 393-395 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Grew E S (1990) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 75, 240-246 [view file] |
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Cooper M, Hawthorne F C (1994) Refinement of the crystal structure of kulanite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 32, 15-19 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Roberts A C (1995) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 80, 184-188 [view file] |
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Dyar M D, Jawin E R, Breves E, Marchand G, Nelms M, Lane M D, Mertzman S A, Bish D L and Bishop J L (2014) Mössbauer parameters of iron in phosphate minerals: Implications for interpretation of martian data, American Mineralogist, 99, 914-942 [view file] |
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