Ekanite X060007

Name: Ekanite RRUFF ID: X060007 Ideal Chemistry: Ca₂ThSi₈O₂₀ Locality: Sri Lanka Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 10553 Owner: University of Arizona Mineral Museum Description: Single crystal Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed.
Mineral Group: [ Amorphous (18) ]
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RAMAN SPECTRUM

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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REFERENCES for Ekanite
American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]
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]
Anderson B W, Claringbull G F, Davis R J, Hill D K (1961) Ekanite, a new metamict mineral from Ceylon, Nature, 190, 997-997
Fleischer M (1961) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 46, 1513-1520 [view file]
International Mineralogical Association (1967) Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 131-136 [view file]
Perrault G, Richard P (1973) L'ekanite de Saint-Hilaire, P.Q., The Canadian Mineralogist, 11, 913-929 [view file]
Szymanski J T, Owens D R, Roberts A C, Ansell H G, Chao G Y (1982) A mineralogical study and crystal-structure determination of nonmetamict ekanite, ThCa₂Si₈O₂₀, The Canadian Mineralogist, 20, 65-75 [view file]
Dunn P J, Fleischer M, Burns R G, Pabst A (1983) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 68, 471-475 [view file]
Evans R J, Groat L A (2012) Structure and topology of dumortierite and dumortierite-like materials, The Canadian Mineralogist, 50, 1197-1231 [view file]