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|   | Name: Zabuyelite RRUFF ID: R100211 Ideal Chemistry: Li2(CO3) Locality: Synthetic, purchased from Sigma-Aldrich Source: Michael Scott Owner: Michael Scott Description: White powder Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction. | 
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| RRUFF ID: | R100211.1 | |||||||
| Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 8.3597(3)Å    b: 4.9746(2)Å    c: 6.1982(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 114.725(5)° gamma: 90° Volume: 234.13(1)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic | |||||||
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| REFERENCES for Zabuyelite | |
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| American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] | |
| 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] | |
| Effenberger H, Zemann J (1979) Verfeinerung der kristallstruktur des lithiumkarbonates, Li2CO3, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 150, 133-138 [view file] | |
| Zheng M, Liu W (1987) A new Li-mineral - zabuyelite, Acta Mineralogica Sinica, 7, 221-226 | |
| Jambor J L, Grew E S (1990) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 75, 240-246 [view file] | |
| Idemoto Y, Richardson J W, Koura N, Kohara S, Loong C K (1998) Crystal structure of (LixK1-x)2CO3 (x = 0, 0.43, 0.5, 0.62, 1) by neutron powder diffraction analysis, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 59, 363-376 | |
| Anderson A J, Clark A H, Gray S (2001) The occurrence and origin of zabuyelite (Li2CO3) in spodumene-hosted fluid inclusions: implications for the internal evolution of rare-element granitic pegmatites, The Canadian Mineralogist, 39, 1513-1527 [view file] | |
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