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|   | Name: Eirikite RRUFF ID: R120006 Ideal Chemistry: KNa6Be2(Si15Al3)O39F2 Locality: Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada Source: Donald Doell [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Aggregate of parallel colorless acicular crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. | |
| Mineral Group: [ Leifite (2) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R120006.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 14.410(4)Å    b: 14.410(4)Å    c: 7.8805(9)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 877.6(3)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal | ||||||
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| REFERENCES for Eirikite | |
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| American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] | |
| Grice J D (2008) Be-silicates: New minerals, structure topologies, classification and uses, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 72, A329-A329 [view file] | |
| Armstrong J A, Friis H, Lieb A, Finch A A, Weller M T (2010) Combined single-crystal X-ray and neutron powder diffraction structure analysis exemplified through full structure determinations of framework and layer beryllate minerals, American Mineralogist, 95, 519-526 [view file] | |
| Larsen A O, Kolitsch U, Gault R A, Giester G (2010) Eirikite, a new mineral species of the leifite group from the Langesundsfjord district, Norway, European Journal of Mineralogy, 22, 875-880 [view file] | |
| Poirier G, Tait K T, Rowe R (2011) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 96, 936-945 [view file] | |
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