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Name: Litidionite RRUFF ID: R130088 Ideal Chemistry: KNaCuSi4O10 Locality: Mt Vesuvius, Napoli, Italy Source: Rock Currier [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Blue to green glassy, massive. The two larger fragments are from the 1880 eruption. The smaller fragment is from 1873. Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Litidionite (3) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R130088.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 9.790(2)Å b: 7.997(2)Å c: 6.968(2)Å alpha: 114.23(1)° beta: 99.50(1)° gamma: 105.56(1)° Volume: 455.1(1)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic |
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REFERENCES for Litidionite | |
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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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Scacchi E (1880) Lapilli azzurri del Vesuvio, Rendiconto dell'Accademia delle Scienze Fisiche e Matematiche (sezione della Societa reale di Napoli), 19, 175-179 [view file] |
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Pozas J M M, Rossi G, Tazzoli V (1975) Re-examination and crystal structure analysis of litidionite, American Mineralogist, 60, 471-474 [view file] |
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Kawamura K, Kawahara A (1977) The crystal structure of synthetic copper sodium silicate: CuNa2Si4O10, Acta Crystallographica, B33, 1071-1075 |
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Bayliss P (2015) Mineral nomenclature, The Canadian Mineralogist, 53, 775-775 |
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