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Name: Dozyite RRUFF ID: R100040 Ideal Chemistry: Mg7Al2(Si4Al2)O15(OH)12 Locality: Wood's Chrome mine, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA Source: Jeff Weissman [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Mauve fibers intimately mixed with serpentine and chlorite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Groups: [ Corrensite (1) ] [ Clay (86) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R100040.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 5.337(3)Å b: 9.232(7)Å c: 21.17(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90.86(8)° gamma: 90° Volume: 1043.0(2)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Dozyite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Bailey S W, Banfield J F, Barker W W, Katchan G (1995) Dozyite, a 1:1 regular interstratification of serpentine and chlorite, American Mineralogist, 80, 65-77 [view file] |
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Banfield J F, Bailey S W (1996) Formation of regularly interstratified serpentine-chlorite minerals by tetrahedral inversion in long-period serpentine polytypes, American Mineralogist, 81, 79-91 |
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