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Name: Caryinite RRUFF ID: R060663 Ideal Chemistry: NaCaCaMn2(AsO4)3 Locality: Langban, Filipstad, Varmland, Sweden Source: Michael Scott S101279 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Brown massive Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Alluaudite (22) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R060663.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 6.867(6)Å b: 13.16(2)Å c: 11.47(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 99.07(3)° gamma: 90° Volume: 1023(2)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Caryinite | |
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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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Lundström C H (1874) Analyser å tvenne nya svenska mineraler. A. Karyinit från Långbanshyttan i Vermland, Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar, 2, 178-179 [view file] |
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Welin E (1968) Notes on the mineralogy of Sweden 6. X-ray powder data for minerals from Långban and the related mineral deposits of Central Sweden, Arkiv för Mineralogi och Geologi, 4, 499-541 |
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Fleischer M (1973) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 58, 560-562 [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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Dunn P J, Peacor D R (1987) New data on the relation between caryinite and arseniopleite, Mineralogical Magazine, 51, 281-284 [view file] |
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Jambor J L (1988) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 73, 666-667 [view file] |
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Ercit T S (1993) Caryinite revisited, Mineralogical Magazine, 57, 721-727 [view file] |
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Hatert F (2019) A new nomenclature scheme for the alluaudite supergroup, European Journal of Mineralogy, 31, 807-822 [view file] |
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