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Name: Rhodonite RRUFF ID: R060549 Ideal Chemistry: CaMn3Mn(Si5O15) Locality: unknown Source: Gemological Institute of America 23 Owner: RRUFF Description: Pink cleavage fragment Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
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Mineral Group: [ Rhodonite (16) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Rhodonite samples (6) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | ||||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R060549.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 9.802(2)Å b: 10.5076(9)Å c: 12.223(1)Å alpha: 108.68(1)° beta: 103.19(1)° gamma: 82.287(7)° Volume: 1158.6(1)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic |
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REFERENCES for Rhodonite | |
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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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Jasche C F (1817) Das Rothmanganerz in der Gegend von Elbingerode am Harz, Kleine Mineralogische Schriften, 1, 1-9 [view file] |
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Germar (1819) Ueber die kohlenstoff - und kieselsauren Manganerze des Unterharzes, Journal für Chemie und Physik, 26, 108-120 [view file] |
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Liebau F (1957) The crystal structures of rhodonite, CaMn4[Si5O15], and pyroxmangite, (Ca, Mg)(Mn, Fe)6[Si7O21], Acta Crystallographica, 10, 761-761 |
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Liebau V F, Hilmer W, Lindemann G (1959) Über die kristallstruktur des rhodonits (Mn,Ca)SiO3, Acta Crystallographica, 12, 182-187 |
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Peacor D R, Niizeki N (1963) The redetermination and refinement of the crystal structure of rhodonite, (Mn, Ca)SiO3, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 119, 98-116 [view file] |
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Klein C (1966) Mineralogy and petrology of the metamorphosed Wabush Iron Formation, Southwestern Labrador, Journal of Petrology, 7, 246-305 |
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Manning P G (1968) Absorption spectra of the manganese-bearing chain silicates pyroxmangite, rhodonite, bustamite and serandite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 348-357 [view file] |
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Leake B E (1978) Nomenclature of amphiboles, American Mineralogist, 63, 1023-1052 [view file] |
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Peacor D R, Essene E J, Brown P E, Winter G A (1978) The crystal chemistry and petrogenesis of a magnesian rhodonite, American Mineralogist, 63, 1137-1142 [view file] |
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International Mineralogical Association (1980) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 1053-1055 [view file] |
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Viswanathan K, Harneit O (1986) Lattice expansion and ionic substitution in common pyroxenoids, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 94, 238-244 |
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Pinckney L R, Burnham C W (1988) Effects of compositional variation on the crystal structures of pyroxmangite and rhodonite, American Mineralogist, 73, 798-808 [view file] |
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Robie R A, Huebner J S, Hemingway B S (1995) Heat capacities and thermodynamic properties of braunite (Mn7SiO12) and rhodonite (MnSiO3), American Mineralogist, 80, 560-575 [view file] |
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Shannon R D, Shannon R C, Medenbach O, Fischer R X (2002) Refractive index and dispersion of fluorides and oxides, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 31, 931-970 [view file] |
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Nelson W R, Griffen D T (2005) Crystal chemistry of Zn-rich rhodonite ("fowlerite"), American Mineralogist, 90, 969-983 [view file] |
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Makreski P, Jovanovski G, Gajović A, Biljan T, Angelovski D, Jaćimović R (2006) Minerals from Macedonia. XVI. Vibrational spectra of some common appearing pyroxenes and pyroxenoids, Journal of Molecular Structure, 788, 102-114 |
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Griffen D T, Nelson W R (2007) Mössbauer spectroscopy of Zn-poor and Zn-rich rhodonite, American Mineralogist, 92, 1486-1491 [view file] |
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Leverett P, Williams P A, Hibbs D E (2008) Ca-Mg-Fe-rich rhodonite from the Morro da Mina mine, Conselheiro Lafaiete, Minas Gerais, Brazil, The Mineralogical Record, 39, 125-130 |
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Buzatu A, Buzgar N (2010) The Raman study of single-chain silicates, Analele Stiintifice Ale Universitatii, Al. I. Cuza Iasi Geologie, 56, 107-125 [view file] |
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Grey I E, Kampf A R, Keck E, MacRae C M, Cashion J D, Gozukara Y (2018) Crystal chemistry of schoonerite-group minerals, European Journal of Mineralogy, 30, 621-634 [view file] |
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Grey I E, Keck E, Macrae C M, Glenn A M, Mumme W G, Kampf A R, Cashion J D (2018) Secondary Zn-bearing phosphate minerals associated with alteration of phosphophyllite at Hagendorf-Süd, Bavaria, European Journal of Mineralogy, 30, 1007-1020 |
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Oberti R, Boiocchi M, Hawthorne F C, Ciriotti M E, Revheim O, Bracco R (2018) Clino-suenoite, a newly approved magnesium-iron-manganese amphibole from Valmalenco, Sondrio, Italy, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 189-198 [view file] |
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Miyawaki R, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2019) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 49. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2019, Mineralogical Magazine, 83, 479-483 [view file] |
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Shchipalkina N V, Pekov I V, Chukanov N V, Biagioni C, Pasero M (2019) Crystal chemistry and nomenclature of rhodonite-group minerals, Mineralogical Magazine, 83, 829-835 [view file] |
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