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Name: Dumortierite RRUFF ID: R050628 Ideal Chemistry: AlAl6BSi3O18 Locality: Minas Gerais, Brazil Source: Gemological Center Owner: RRUFF Description: Blue cut gemstone Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
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| Mineral Group: [ Dumortierite (5) ] | ||
| Quick search: [ All Dumortierite samples (4) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R050628.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
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a: 11.784(1)Å b: 20.167(3)Å c: 4.6950(6)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1115.8(4)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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| REFERENCES for Dumortierite | |
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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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Damour A A (1881) Analyse de la dumortiérite, Bulletin de la Société Minéralogique de France, 4, 6-8 [view file] |
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Gonnard F (1881) Note sur l´existance d´une espèce minérale nouvelle, la dumortiérite dans le gneiss de Beaunan, au-dessus des anciens aqueducs galloromains de la vallée de l´Izeron (Rhône), Bulletin de la Société Minéralogique de France, 4, 2-5 [view file] |
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Moore P B, Araki T (1978) Dumortierite, Si3B[Al6.75◻0.25O17.25(OH)0.75]: a detailed structure analysis, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 132, 231-241 |
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Alexander V D, Griffen D T, Martin T J (1986) Crystal chemistry of some Fe- and Ti-poor dumortierites, American Mineralogist, 71, 786-794 |
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Taner M F, Martin R F (1993) Significance of dumortierite in an aluminosilicate-rich alteration zone, Louvicourt, Quebec, The Canadian Mineralogist, 31, 137-146 [view file] |
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Fuchs Y, Ertl A, Hughes J M, Prowatke S, Brandstatter F, Schuster R (2005) Dumortierite from the Gföhl unit, Lower Austria: chemistry, structure, and infra-red spectroscopy, European Journal of Mineralogy, 17, 173-183 |
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Evans R J, Fyfe C A, Groat L A, Lam A E (2012) MAS NMR measurements and ab initio calculations of the 29Si chemical shifts in dumortierite and holtite, American Mineralogist, 97, 329-340 [view file] |
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Evans R J, Groat L A (2012) Structure and topology of dumortierite and dumortierite-like materials, The Canadian Mineralogist, 50, 1197-1231 [view file] |
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Groat L A, Evans R J, Grew E S, Pieczka A (2012) The crystal chemistry of As- and Sb-bearing dumortierite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 50, 855-872 [view file] |
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Pieczka A, Evans R J, Grew E S, Groat L A, Ma C, Rossman G R (2013) The dumortierite supergroup. I. A new nomenclature for the dumortierite and holtite groups, Mineralogical Magazine, 77, 2825-2839 [view file] |
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Wunder B, Kutzschbach M, Hosse L, Wilke F D H, Schertl H P, Chopin C (2018) Synthetic [4]B-bearing dumortierite and natural [4]B-free magnesiodumortierite from the Dora-Maira Massif: differences in boron coordination in response to ultrahigh pressure, European Journal of Mineralogy, 30, 471-483 |
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