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Name: Harmotome RRUFF ID: R070015 Ideal Chemistry: Ba2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O Locality: Old Kilpatrick, Dumbartonshire, Scotland Source: Michael Scott S101021 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless blocky crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
Mineral Group: [ Harmotome (8) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Harmotome samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R070015.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 9.8647(4)Å b: 14.1398(7)Å c: 8.6975(4)Å alpha: 90° beta: 124.721(4)° gamma: 90° Volume: 997.16(6)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Harmotome | |
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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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Haüy R J (1801) Harmotome, Traité de Minéralogie, 3, 191-197 [view file] |
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Rinaldi R, Pluth J J, Smith J V (1974) Zeolites of the phillipsite family. Refinement of the crystal structure of phillipsite and harmotome, Acta Crystallographica, B30, 2426-2433 |
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Akizuki M (1985) The origin of sector twinning in harmotome, American Mineralogist, 70, 822-828 [view file] |
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Stuckenschmidt E, Fuess H, Pechar F (1988) Infrared absorption and reflection spectroscopy on the natural zeolite harmotome, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 15, 461-464 |
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Stuckenschmidt E, Fuess H, Kvick A (1990) Investigation of the structure of harmotome by X-ray (293 K, 100 K) and neutron diffraction (15 K), European Journal of Mineralogy, 2, 861-874 |
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Coombs D S, Alberti A, Armbruster T, Artioli G, Colella C, Galli E, Grice J D, Liebau F, Mandarino J A, Minato H, Nickel E H, Passaglia E, Peacor D R, Quartieri S, Rinaldi R, Ross M, Sheppard R A, Tillmanns E, Vezzalini G, (1997) Recommended nomenclature for zeolite minerals: report of the Subcommittee on Zeolites of the International Mineralogical Association, Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 1571-1606 [view file] |
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Zaitsev A N, Wall F, Le Bas M J (1998) REE-Sr-Ba minerals from the Khibina carbonatites, Kola Peninsula, Russia: their mineralogy, paragenesis and evolution, Mineralogical Magazine, 62(2), 225-250 [view file] |
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