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Name: Brazilianite RRUFF ID: R050319 Ideal Chemistry: NaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4 Locality: Minas Gerais, Brazil Source: American Museum of Natural History 71603 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Pale green fragment Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
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Mineral Group: [ Not in a structural group (133) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Brazilianite samples (3) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R050319.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 11.2282(7)Å b: 10.1400(4)Å c: 7.0939(4)Å alpha: 90° beta: 97.368(4)° gamma: 90° Volume: 800.99(5)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Brazilianite | |
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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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Pough F H, Henderson E P (1945) Brazilianite, a new phosphate mineral, American Mineralogist, 30, 572-582 [view file] |
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Hurlbut Jr. C S, Weichel E J (1946) Additional data on brazilianite, American Mineralogist, 31, 507-507 [view file] |
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Frondel C, Lindberg M L (1948) Second occurrence of brazilianite, American Mineralogist, 33, 135-141 [view file] |
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Gatehouse B M, Miskin B K (1974) The crystal structure of brazilianite, NaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4, Acta Crystallographica, B30, 1311-1317 |
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Gatta G D, Vignola P, Maven M, Rinaldi R (2013) Neutron diffraction in gemology: Single-crystal diffraction study of brazilianite NaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4, American Mineralogist, 98, 1624-1630 [view file] |
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