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Name: Ferro-holmquistite RRUFF ID: R070005 Ideal Chemistry: ◻Li2(Fe2+3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2 Locality: Mount Marrion, South Australia, Australia Source: Michael Scott S101201 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Dark blue fractured prismatic crystals Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
Mineral Group: [ amphibole (107) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R070005.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 18.272(3)Å b: 17.666(2)Å c: 5.2682(9)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1700.5(6)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Ferro-holmquistite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Leake B E (1978) Nomenclature of amphiboles, American Mineralogist, 63, 1023-1052 [view file] |
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Leake B E, Woolley A R, Arps C E S, Birch W D, Gilbert M C, Grice J D, Hawthorne F C, Kato A, Kisch H J, Krivovichev V G, Linthout K, Laird J, Mandarino J A, Maresch W V, Nickel E H, Rock N M S, Schumacher J C, Smith D C, Stephenson N C N, Ungaretti L, Whittaker E J W, Youzhi G (1997) Nomenclature of amphiboles: report of the Subcommittee on Amphiboles of the International Mineralogical Association, Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 219-246 [view file] |
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Burke E A J, Leake B E (2004) "Named amphiboles": a new category of amphiboles recognized by the International Mineralogical Association (IMA), and the proper order of prefixes to be used in amphibole names, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 1881-1883 [view file] |
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Camara F, Oberti R (2005) The crystal-chemistry of holmquistites: Ferroholmquistite from Greenbushes (Western Australia) and hints for compositional constraints in BLi amphiboles, American Mineralogist, 90, 1167-1176 [view file] |
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Hawthorne F C, Oberti R, Harlow G E, Maresch W V, Martin R F, Schumacher J C, Welch M D (2012) Nomenclature of the amphibole supergroup, American Mineralogist, 97, 2031-2048 [view file] |
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