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|   | Name: Nierite RRUFF ID: R120128 Ideal Chemistry: Si3N4 Locality: Synthetic Source: UBE America Inc. [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: White powder Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed. | 
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| REFERENCES for Nierite | |
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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] | |
| Kohatsu I, McCauley J W (1974) Re-examination of the crystal structure of α-Si3N4, Materials Research Bulletin, 9, 917-920 | |
| Lee M R, Russell S S, Arden J W, Pillinger C T (1995) Nierite (Si3N4), a new mineral from ordinary and enstatite chondrites, Meteoritics, 30, 387-398 [view file] | |
| Yang P, Fun H-K, Rahman I A, Saleh M I (1995) Two phase refinements of the structures of α-Si3N4 and β-Si3N4 made from rice husk by Rietveld analysis, Ceramics International, 21, 137-142 | |
| Jambor J L, Pertsev N N, Roberts A C (1996) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 81, 249-254 [view file] | |
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