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Name: Narsarsukite RRUFF ID: R060203 Ideal Chemistry: Na2(Ti,Fe3+)Si4(O,F)11 Locality: Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada Source: Royal Ontario Museum M41218 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Light tan colored transparent fragment Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
Quick search: [ All Narsarsukite samples (2) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | |||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R060203.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 10.7123(14)Å b: 10.7123(14)Å c: 7.9419(5)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 911.4(3)Å3 Crystal System: tetragonal |
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REFERENCES for Narsarsukite | |
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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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Flink G (1901) On the minerals from Narsarsuk on the Firth of Tunugdliarfik in Southern Greenland (complete article), Meddelelser om Grønland, 24, 9-180 [view file] |
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Flink G (1901) On the minerals from Narsarsuk on the Firth of Tunugdliarfik in Southern Greenland. 30. Narsarsukite, Meddelelser om Grønland, 24, 154-160 [view file] |
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Stewart D B (1959) Narsarsukite from Sage Creek, Sweetgrass Hills, Montana, American Mineralogist, 44, 265-273 [view file] |
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Pyatenko Y A, Pudovkina Z V (1960) Crystal structure of narsarsukite, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 5, 540-548 [view file] |
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Peacor D R, Buerger M J (1962) The determination and refinement of the structure of narsarsukite, Na2TiOSi4O10, American Mineralogist, 47, 539-556 [view file] |
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Rajasekaran K C (1966) Narsarsukite from Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 506-514 [view file] |
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International Mineralogical Association (1967) Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 131-136 [view file] |
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Wagner C, Parodi G C, Semet M, Robert J L, Berrahma M, Velde D (1991) Crystal chemistry of narsarsukite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 3, 575-585 [view file] |
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Kartashov P M (1994) Narsarsukite from fenitized rocks of Lovozero massif, Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 123, issue 4 58-66 [view file] |
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Shannon R D, Shannon R C, Medenbach O, Fischer R X (2002) Refractive index and dispersion of fluorides and oxides, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 31, 931-970 [view file] |
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