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Name: Effenbergerite RRUFF ID: R120088 Ideal Chemistry: BaCuSi4O10 Locality: Eastern orebody, Wessels mine, Kalahari manganese field, Cape Province, South Africa Source: William W Pinch [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Blue massive. A piece from the original find. Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Gillespite (5) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Effenbergerite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R120088.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 7.427(1)Å b: 7.427(1)Å c: 16.104(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 888.4(1)Å3 Crystal System: tetragonal |
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REFERENCES for Effenbergerite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Janczak J, Kubiak R, Glowiak T (1990) Structure of barium copper pyrosilicate at 300 K, Acta Crystallographica, C46, 1383-1385 |
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Janczak J, Kubiak R (1992) Refinement of the structure of barium copper silicate BaCu[Si4O10] at 300 K, Acta Crystallographica, C48, 1299-1301 |
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Lin H C, Liao F L, Wang S L (1992) Structure of BaCuSi4O10, Acta Crystallographica, C48, 1297-1299 |
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Chakoumakos B C, Fernandez-Baca J A, Boatner L A (1993) Refinement of the structures of the layer silicates MCuSi4O10 (M=Ca, Sr, Ba) by Rietveld analysis of neutron powder diffraction data, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 103, 105-113 |
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Giester G, Rieck B (1994) Effenbergerite, BaCu[Si4O10], a new mineral from the Kalahari manganese field, South Africa: description and crystal structure, Mineralogical Magazine, 58, 663-670 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Pertsev N N, Roberts A C (1995) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 80, 845-850 [view file] |
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Knight K S, Henderson C M B (2007) Structural basis for the anomalous low-temperature thermal expansion behaviour of the gillespite-structured phase Ba0.5Sr0.5CuSi4O10, European Journal of Mineralogy, 19, 189-200 |
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Knight K S, Henderson C M B, Clark S M (2010) Structural variations in the wesselsite-effenbergerite (Sr1-xBaxCuSi4O10) solid solution, European Journal of Mineralogy, 22, 411-423 |
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