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Name: Cuspidine RRUFF ID: R060049 Ideal Chemistry: Ca8(Si2O7)2F4 Locality: Ariccia, Rome, Italy Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 2225 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: White and colorless spear-shaped single crystal Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
| Mineral Group: [ Wohlerite (11) ] | ||
| Quick search: [ All Cuspidine samples (3) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R060049.9 | |||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | |||||
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a: 10.923(2)Å b: 10.543(1)Å c: 7.543(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 109.69(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 817.9(1)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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| REFERENCES for Cuspidine | |
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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 A (1876) Della cuspidina e del neocrisolito, nuovi minerali vesuviani, Rendiconto dell'Accademia delle Scienze Fisiche e Matematiche (sezione della Societa reale di Napoli), 15, 208-209 [view file] |
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Tilley C E, Vincent H C G (1947) Cuspidine from dolomite contact skarns, Broadford, Skye, Mineralogical Magazine, 28, 90-95 [view file] |
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Smirnova R F, Rumanova I M, Belov N V (1955) Crystal structure of cuspidine, Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 84, 159-169 [view file] |
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Belov N V (1957) New silicate structures, Acta Crystallographica, 10, 757-758 |
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Dent L S (1957) Zeophyllite: unit cell and transformation to cuspidine, Acta Crystallographica, 10, 760-760 |
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Valkenburg A V, Rynders G F (1958) Synthetic cuspidine, American Mineralogist, 43, 1195-11202 [view file] |
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Saburi S, Kawahara A, Henmi C, Kusachi I, Kihara K (1977) The refinement of the crystal structure of cuspidine, Mineralogical Journal, 8, 286-298 [view file] |
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Merlino S, Perchiazzi N (1988) Modular mineralogy of the cuspidine group of minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 26, 933-943 [view file] |
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Bellezza M, Merlino S, Perchiazzi N (2004) Chemical and structural study of the Zr, Ti-disilicates in the venanzite from Pian di Celle, Umbria, Italy, European Journal of Mineralogy, 16, 957-969 |
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Biagioni C, Merlino S, Parodi G C, Perchiazzi N (2012) Crystal chemistry of minerals of the wöhlerite group from the Los Archipelago, Guinea, The Canadian Mineralogist, 50, 593-609 [view file] |
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Kolitsch U, Rieck B, Brandstätter F, Schreiber F, Fabritz K H, Blaß G, Gröbner J (2014) Neufunde aus dem altem Bergbau und den Schlacken von Lavrion (II), Mineralien Welt, 25, 82-95 |
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Dal Bo F, Friis H, Mills S J (2022) Nomenclature of wöhlerite group minerals, Mineralogical Magazine, 86, 661-676 |
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