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Name: Ankerite RRUFF ID: R050197 Ideal Chemistry: Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 Locality: Brownley Hill mine, Nenthead, Cumbria, England Source: Marcus Origlieri Owner: RRUFF Description: Curved saddle-shaped rhombohedral crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
Quick search: [ All Ankerite samples (4) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R050197.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 4.8328(2)Å b: 4.8328(2)Å c: 16.209(1)Å alpha: 90.° beta: 90.° gamma: 120.° Volume: 327.86(2)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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REFERENCES for Ankerite | |
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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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Mohs F (1825) Characters of the genera and species of the orders of class II. I. Order. Haloide. V. Lime-haloide. 4. Paratomous. Ankerite, in Treatise on Mineralogy Vol I, translated by Haidinger Archibald and Co. Edinburgh 411-411 [view file] |
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Mohs F (1825) Paratomous lime-haloide, in Treatise on Mineralogy Vol II, translated by Haidinger Archibald and Co. Edinburgh 100-101 [view file] |
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Luboldt R (1857) Ueber den Ankerit, Annalen der Physik, 178, 435-437 [view file] |
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Howie R A, Broadhurst F M (1958) X-ray data for dolomite and ankerite, American Mineralogist, 43, 1210-1216 |
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Beran A, Zemann J (1977) Refinement and comparison of the crystal structures of a dolomite and of an Fe-rich ankerite, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 24, 279-286 |
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Milodowski A E, Morgan D J, Warne S S J (1989) Thermal analysis studies of the dolomite-ferroan dolomite-ankerite series. ΙΙ. Decomposition mechanism in flowing CO2 atmosphere, Thermochimica Acta, 152, 279-297 [view file] |
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Mozley P S, Hoernle K (1990) Geochemistry of carbonate cements in the Sag River and Shublik Formation (Triassic/Jurassic), North Slope, Alaska: implications for the geochemical evolution of formation waters, Sedimentology, 37, 817-836 |
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Mendenbach O, Shannon R D (1997) Refractive indices and optical dispersion of 103 synthetic and mineral oxides and silicates measured by a small-prism technique, Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 14, 3299-3318 |
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Zaitsev A N, Wall F, Le Bas M J (1998) REE-Sr-Ba minerals from the Khibina carbonatites, Kola Peninsula, Russia: their mineralogy, paragenesis and evolution, Mineralogical Magazine, 62(2), 225-250 [view file] |
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Ondru P, Veselovský F, Gabaová A, Hlouek J, rein V, Vavrín I, Skála R, Sejkora J, Drábek M (2003) Primary minerals of the Jáchymov ore district, Journal of the Czech Geological Society, 48, 19-147 [view file] |
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Hilscher G, Rogl P, Zemann J, Ntaflos T (2005) Low-temperature magnetic investigation of ankerite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 17, 103-105 |
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Rividi N, van Zuilen M, Philippot P, Ménez B, Godard G, Poidatz E (2010) Calibration of carbonate composition using micro-Raman analysis: Application to planetary surface exploration, Astrobiology, 10, 293-309 |
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