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Name: Catapleiite RRUFF ID: R040005 Ideal Chemistry: Na2Zr(Si3O9)·2H2O Locality: Langesundsfjord Eikaholmen Vestfold, Norway Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 16090 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Brown thin tabular crystal Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
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| Mineral Group: [ Catapleiite (3) ] | ||
| Quick search: [ All Catapleiite samples (3) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R040005.1 | |||||||
| Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
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a: 7.375(1)Å b: 12.8048(9)Å c: 10.0240(6)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 946.6(0)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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| REFERENCES for Catapleiite | |
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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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Weibye P H, Berlin N J, Sjogren K A, Borck J B (1850) Neue Mineralien aus Norwegen, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 79, 299-304 [view file] |
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Flink G (1893) Om några mineral från Grönland, Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar, 15, 195-208 [view file] |
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Foshag W F (1923) Catapleiite from Magnet Cove, Arkansas, American Mineralogist, 8, 70-72 [view file] |
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Pendlebury G B (1964) Catapleiite from St. Hilaire mountain, Quebec, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 120-121 [view file] |
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Chao G Y (1973) The crystal structure of catapleiite, Abstracts from the 1973 general meeting of the Geological Society of America, Dallas, 1973, 572-572 [view file] |
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Chen T T (1973) Twinning in catapleiite, Abstracts from the 1973 general meeting of the Geological Society of America, Dallas, 1973, 573-574 [view file] |
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Ilyushin G D, Voronkov A A, Ilyukhin V V, Nevskii N N, Belov N V (1981) Crystal structure of natural monoclinic catapleiite, Na2ZrSi3O9·2H2O, Soviet Physics Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 260, 623-627 [link] [view file] |
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