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Name: Kentbrooksite RRUFF ID: R110208 Ideal Chemistry: (Na,REE)15(Ca,REE)6Mn3Zr3Nb(Si25O73)(O,OH,H2O)3(F,Cl)2 Locality: Pocos de Caldas plateau, Minas Gerais, Brazil Source: Gunnar Farber [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Red massive crystalline associated with aegirine and nepheline Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ eudialyte (13) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R110208.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 14.270(1)Å b: 14.270(1)Å c: 30.154(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 5317.9(8)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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REFERENCES for Kentbrooksite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Johnsen O, Grice J D, Gault R A (1998) Kentbrooksite from the Kangerdlugssuaq intrusion, East Greenland, a new Mn-REE-Nb-F end-member in a series within the eudialyte group: Description and crystal structure, European Journal of Mineralogy, 10, 207-219 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Roberts A C (1999) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 84, 193-198 [view file] |
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Rastsvetaeva R K, Khomyakov A P, Nekrasov Y V (1999) Crystal structure of a novel analog of eudialyte with R3 symmetry, Crystallography Reports, 44, 765-769 |
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Ekimenkova I A, Rastsvetaeva R K, Khomyakov A P (2000) Crystal structure of the Fe,Cl-analogue of kentbrooksite, Doklady Chemistry, 370, 17-20 |
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Jambor J L, Roberts A C (2001) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 86, 939-942 [view file] |
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Johnsen O, Ferraris G, Gault R A, Grice J D, Kampf A R, Pekov I V (2003) The nomenclature of eudialyte-group minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 785-794 [view file] |
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Rastsvetaeva R K, Chukanov N V (2012) Classification of eudialyte-group minerals, Geology of Ore Deposits, 54, 487-497 [view file] |
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Borst A M, Finch A A, Friis H, Horsburgh N J, Gamaletsos P N, Goettlicher J, Steininger R, Geraki K (2020) Structural state of rare earth elements in eudialyte-group minerals, Mineralogical Magazine, 84, 19-34 |
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