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Name: Zeophyllite RRUFF ID: R060150 Ideal Chemistry: Ca13Si10O28(OH)2F8·6H2O Locality: Radzein, near Teplitz, Bohemia, Czech Republic Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 2957 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Spherical aggregates of white platy crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
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RRUFF ID: | R060150.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 9.3699(6)Å b: 9.3699(6)Å c: 36.515(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 2776.3(0)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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REFERENCES for Zeophyllite | |
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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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Pelikan A (1902) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Zeolithe Böhmens, Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, 111, 334-347 [view file] |
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Dent L S (1957) Zeophyllite: unit cell and transformation to cuspidine, Acta Crystallographica, 10, 760-760 |
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Chalmers R A, Dent L S, Taylor H F W (1958) Zeophyllite, Mineralogical Magazine, 31, 726-735 [view file] |
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Merlino S (1972) The crystal structure of zeophyllite, Acta Crystallographica, B28, 2726-2732 |
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Passaglia E, Porcelli C (1983) Zeophyllite from Monte Somma, Vesuvius, Italy, Mineralogical Magazine, 47, 397-400 [view file] |
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Mikenda W, Pertlik F, Povondra P, Ulrych J (1997) On zeophyllite from Radejcín, Ceské stredohori Mts.: X-ray and IR-investigations, Mineralogy and Petrology, 61, 199-209 |
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