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Name: Trolleite RRUFF ID: R050425 Ideal Chemistry: Al4(PO4)3(OH)3 Locality: Halsjoberg, Varmland, Sweden Source: Marcus Origlieri Owner: RRUFF Description: Pale green granular aggregate Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
Quick search: [ All Trolleite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R050425.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 18.8546(7)Å b: 7.1641(9)Å c: 7.1568(2)Å alpha: 90.° beta: 99.972(3)° gamma: 90.° Volume: 952.12(9)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Trolleite | |
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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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Blomstrand C W (1868) Om Westanå mineralier, Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 25, 197-212 [view file] |
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Fleischer M, Mandarino J A, Strunz H, Cech F (1965) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 50, 261-268 [view file] |
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Moore P B, Araki T (1974) Trolleite, Al4(OH)3[PO4]3: a very dense structure with octahedral face-sharing dimers, American Mineralogist, 59, 974-984 [view file] |
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Dyar M D, Jawin E R, Breves E, Marchand G, Nelms M, Lane M D, Mertzman S A, Bish D L and Bishop J L (2014) Mössbauer parameters of iron in phosphate minerals: Implications for interpretation of martian data, American Mineralogist, 99, 914-942 [view file] |
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