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Name: Amicite RRUFF ID: R080066 Ideal Chemistry: K2Na2(Al4Si4O16)·5H2O Locality: Kirovski Drive, Khibiny, Kola Peninsula, Russia Source: Michael Scott S100673 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless pseudo-octahedral crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
| Mineral Group: [ Gismondine (3) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R080066.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 10.210(1)Å b: 10.411(1)Å c: 9.894(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 88.504(7)° gamma: 90° Volume: 1051.3(2)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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| REFERENCES for Amicite | |
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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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Leake B E (1978) Nomenclature of amphiboles, American Mineralogist, 63, 1023-1052 [view file] |
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Alberti A, Hentschel G, Vezzalini G (1979) Amicite, a new natural zeolite, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1979, 481-488 |
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Alberti A, Vezzalini G (1979) The crystal structure of amicite, a zeolite, Acta Crystallographica, B35, 2866-2869 |
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Fleischer M, Cabri L J, Chao G Y, Pabst A (1980) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 65, 808-814 [view file] |
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Sabelli C (1987) Structure refinement of elpasolite from Cetine mine, Tuscany, Italy, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1987, 481-487 |
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Coombs D S, Alberti A, Armbruster T, Artioli G, Colella C, Galli E, Grice J D, Liebau F, Mandarino J A, Minato H, Nickel E H, Passaglia E, Peacor D R, Quartieri S, Rinaldi R, Ross M, Sheppard R A, Tillmanns E, Vezzalini G, (1997) Recommended nomenclature for zeolite minerals: report of the Subcommittee on Zeolites of the International Mineralogical Association, Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 1571-1606 [view file] |
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Arletti R, Giacobbe C, Quartieri S, Vezzalini G (2017) The influence of the framework and extraframework content on the high pressure behavior of the GIS type zeolites: The case of amicite, Minerals, 7, 18 [view file] |
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SkrzyĆska K, Cametti G, Juroszek R, Schäfer C, Galuskina I (2023) New data on minerals with the GIS framework-type structure: gismondine-Sr from the Bellerberg volcano, Germany, and amicite and Ba-rich gismondine from the Hatrurim Complex, Israel, Mineralogical Magazine, 87, 443-454 |
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