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Name: Collinsite RRUFF ID: R140626 Ideal Chemistry: Ca2Mg(PO4)2·2H2O Locality: Near Milgun Station, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia, Australia Source: Rock Currier [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless bladed to prismatic crystals with pointy ends. Associated with gordonite (R130671), montgomeryite (R140625), and hydroxylapatite (R140987). Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
Mineral Group: [ fairfieldite (16) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Collinsite samples (3) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R140626.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 5.714(2)Å b: 6.766(3)Å c: 5.435(2)Å alpha: 97.26(2)° beta: 108.56(2)° gamma: 107.27(2)° Volume: 184.45(4)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic |
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REFERENCES for Collinsite | |
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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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Poitevin E (1927) A new Canadian occurrence of phosphorite from near Francois Lake, British Columbia, Canada Department of Mines, Bulletin, 46, 2-12 [view file] |
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Foshag W F (1928) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 13, 201-202 [view file] |
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Bridge P J, Pryce M W (1974) Magnesian collinsite from Milgun Station, Western Australia, Mineralogical Magazine, 39, 577-579 [view file] |
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Brotherton P D, Maslen E N, Pryce M W, White A H (1974) Crystal structure of collinsite, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 27, 653-656 |
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Hill R J, Milnes A R (1974) Phosphate minerals from Reaphook Hill, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Mineralogical Magazine, 39, 684-695 [view file] |
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Liferovich R P, Pakhomovsky Y A, Bagdanova A N, Balaganskaya E G, Laajoki K V O, Gehör S, Chukanov N V (2001) Collinsite in hydrothermal assemblages related to carbonatites in the Kovdor complex, northeastern Russia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 39, 1081-1094 [view file] |
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Fleck M, Kolitsch U, Hertweck B (2002) Natural and synthetic compounds with kröhnkite-type chains: review and classification, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 217, 435-443 |
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Herwig S, Hawthorne F C (2006) The topology of hydrogen bonding in brandtite, collinsite and fairfieldite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 1181-1196 [view file] |
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