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Name: Lavinskyite RRUFF ID: R141115 Ideal Chemistry: K(LiCu)Cu6(Si4O11)2(OH)4 Locality: Wessels mine, South Africa Source: Jaco and Tania Janse van Nieuwenhuizen [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Greenish blue or light blue platy crystals, associated with dark blue scottyite (R141116) and blue wesselsite (with cleavage) Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
Mineral Group: [ Plancheite (4) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Lavinskyite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R141115.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 19.048(2)Å b: 20.386(3)Å c: 5.2485(9)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 2038.1(4)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Lavinskyite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2012) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 14, New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2012, Mineralogical Magazine, 76, 1281-1288 [view file] |
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Yang H, Downs R T, Evans S H, Pinch W W (2014) Lavinskyite, K(LiCu)Cu6(Si4O11)2(OH)4, isotypic with plancheite, a new mineral from the Wessels mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, South Africa, American Mineralogist, 99, 525-530 [view file] |
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Hålenius U, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2016) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 32. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2016, Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 915-922 [view file] |
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Kolitsch U, Merlino S, Belmonte D, Carbone C, Cabella R, Lucchetti G, Ciriotti M E (2018) Lavinskyite-1M, K(LiCu)Cu6(Si4O11)2(OH)4, the monoclinic MDO equivalent of lavinskyite-2O (formerly lavinskyite), from the Cerchiara manganese mine, Liguria, Italy, European Journal of Mineralogy, 30, 811-820 [view file] |
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Belakovskiy D I, Cámara F (2019) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 104, 625-629 [view file] |
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