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Name: Johachidolite RRUFF ID: R070640 Ideal Chemistry: CaAlB3O7 Locality: Pyant Gyi mine, Mogok Stone Tract, Mandalay Division, Burma Source: Marcus Origlieri [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Pale yellowish orange granular Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
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RRUFF ID: | R070640.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 7.9652(1)Å b: 11.7275(3)Å c: 4.37149(8)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 408.35(1)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Johachidolite | |
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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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Iwase E, Saito N (1942) Johachidolite - a new mineral of hydrous fluoborate of sodium, calcium and aluminium, Scientific Papers of the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, 39, 300-304 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1948) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 33, 98-100 [view file] |
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Moore P B, Araki T (1972) Johachidolite, CaAl[B3O7], a borate with very dense atomic structure, Nature Physical Science, 240, 63-65 |
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Aristarain L F, Erd R C (1977) Johachidolite redefined: a calcium aluminum borate, American Mineralogist, 62, 327-329 [view file] |
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Kadiyski M, Armbruster T, Günther D, Reusser E, Peretti A (2008) Johachidolite, CaAl[B3O7], a mineralogical and structural peculiarity, European Journal of Mineralogy, 20, 965-973 [view file] |
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