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Name: Althausite RRUFF ID: R070113 Ideal Chemistry: Mg4(PO4)2(OH,O)(F,◻) Locality: Tingelstadtjern, Modum, Norway Source: Bob Jenkins [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless platy crystals associated with R060710 holtedahlite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
| Mineral Group: [ Not in a structural group (133) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R070113.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 8.30(1)Å b: 6.077(6)Å c: 14.47(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 729.5(6)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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| REFERENCES for Althausite | |
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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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Raade G, Tysseland M (1975) Althausite, a new mineral from Modum, Norway, Lithos, 8, 215-219 |
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Fleischer M, Cabri L J (1976) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 61, 502-504 [view file] |
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Rømming C, Raade G (1980) The crystal structure of althausite, Mg4(PO4)2(OH,O)(F,◻), American Mineralogist, 65, 488-498 [view file] |
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