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Name: Svanbergite RRUFF ID: R050549 Ideal Chemistry: SrAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6 Locality: Horrsjoberg, Varmland, Sweden Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 3049 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Orange-brown crystals embedded in a matrix of pyrophyllite, quartz and kyanite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
Mineral Groups: [ alunite (46) ] [ beudantite (14) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Svanbergite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R050549.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 6.988(1)Å b: 6.988(1)Å c: 16.605(4)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 702.3(2)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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REFERENCES for Svanbergite | |
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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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Igelström L J (1854) Svanbergit, ein nytt mineral från Horrsjöberget, Ny socken, Elfdahls hërad, Wermland, Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 11, 156-159 [view file] |
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Pabst A (1947) Some computations on svanbergite, woodhouseite and alunite, American Mineralogist, 32, 16-30 [view file] |
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Kato T, Miura Y (1977) The crystal structure of jarosite and svanbergite, Mineralogical Journal, 8, 419-430 [view file] |
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Scott K M (1987) Solid solution in, and classification of, gossan-derived members of the alunite-jarosite family, northwest Queensland, Australia, American Mineralogist, 72, 178-187 [view file] |
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Stoffregen R E, Alpers C N (1987) Woodhouseite and svanbergite in hydrothermal ore deposits: products of apatite destruction during advanced argillic alteration, The Canadian Mineralogist, 25, 201-211 [view file] |
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Jambor J L (1999) Nomenclature of the alunite supergroup, The Canadian Mineralogist, 37, 1323-1341 [view file] |
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Silaev V I, Filippov V N, Sokerin M Y (2001) Solid solutions of woodhouseitesvanbergiteflorencite in secondary quartzites, Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 130, issue 1 99-111 [view file] |
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Sato E, Nakai I, Miyawaki R, Matsubara S (2009) Crystal structures of alunite family minerals: beaverite, corkite, alunite, natroalunite, jarosite, svanbergite, and woodhouseite, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 185, 313-322 |
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Bayliss P, Kolitsch U, Nickel E H, Pring A (2010) Alunite supergroup: recommended nomenclature, Mineralogical Magazine, 74, 919-927 [view file] |
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