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Name: Eudialyte RRUFF ID: R050230 Ideal Chemistry: Na15Ca6Fe3Zr3Si(Si25O73)(O,OH,H2O)3(Cl,OH)2 Locality: Kipawa alkaline complex, near Sheffield Lake, Villedieu Township, Temiscamingue County, Quebec, Canada Source: Marcus Origlieri Owner: RRUFF Description: Massive aggregate of red crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
Mineral Group: [ eudialyte (13) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Eudialyte samples (3) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R050230.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 14.2522(8)Å b: 14.2522(8)Å c: 30.267(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 5324.3(0)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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REFERENCES for Eudialyte | |
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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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Stromeyer F (1819) Summary of meeting 16 December 1819, Göttingische Gelehrte Anzeigen, 3, 1993-2000 [view file] |
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Lorenzen J (1882) On some minerals from the sodalite-syenite in the Juliane-haab district, south Greenland, Mineralogical Magazine, 5, 49-70 [view file] |
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Milton C (1965) Note on the occurrence of eudialyte in Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 382-383 [view file] |
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Golyshev V M, Simonov V I, Belov N V (1971) Crystal structure of eudialite, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 16, 70-74 [view file] |
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Edgar A D, Blackburn C E (1972) Eudialyte from the Kipawa Lake area, Temiscamingue CO., Quebec, The Canadian Mineralogist, 11, 554-559 [view file] |
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Golyshev V M, Simonov V I, Belov N V (1973) Crystal structure of eudialyte, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 17, 993-996 [view file] |
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Harris C, Rickard R S (1987) Rare-earth-rich eudialyte and dalyite from a peralkaline granite dyke at Straumsvola, Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, The Canadian Mineralogist, 25, 755-762 [view file] |
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Johnsen O, Grice J D (1999) The crystal chemistry of the eudialyte group, The Canadian Mineralogist, 37, 865-891 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Roberts A C (2001) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 86, 939-942 [view file] |
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Johnsen O, Ferraris G, Gault R A, Grice J D, Kampf A R, Pekov I V (2003) The nomenclature of eudialyte-group minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 785-794 [view file] |
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Rastsvetaeva R K, Rozenberg K A, Khomyakov A P (2009) Crystal structure of high-silica K,Na-ordered acentric eudialyte analogue, Doklady Chemistry, 424, 11-14 [view file] |
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Rozenberg K A, Rastsvetaeva R K, Verin I A (2009) Crystal structure of centrosymmetric 12-layer sodium-rich eudialyte, Crystallography Reports, 54, 413-417 |
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Rastsvetaeva R K, Chukanov N V (2012) Classification of eudialyte-group minerals, Geology of Ore Deposits, 54, 487-497 [view file] |
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Estrade G, Salvi S, Béziat D (2018) Crystallization and destabilization of eudialyte-group minerals in peralkaline granite and pegmatite: a case study from the Ambohimirahavavy complex, Madagascar, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 375-399 |
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Turner D J, Rivard B, Groat L A (2018) Visible and short-wave infrared reflectance spectoscopy of selected REE-bearing silicate minerals, American Mineralogist, 103, 927-943 |
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Borst A M, Finch A A, Friis H, Horsburgh N J, Gamaletsos P N, Goettlicher J, Steininger R, Geraki K (2020) Structural state of rare earth elements in eudialyte-group minerals, Mineralogical Magazine, 84, 19-34 |
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