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Name: Kosnarite RRUFF ID: R060250 Ideal Chemistry: KZr2(PO4)3 Locality: Jenipapo District, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil Source: William W. Pinch [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Tan to colorless fragment Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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| RRUFF ID: | R060250.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
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a: 8.697(3)Å b: 8.697(3)Å c: 23.881(9)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 1564(2)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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| REFERENCES for Kosnarite | |
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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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Sljukic M, Matkovic B, Prodic B (1969) The crystal structure of KZr2(PO4)3, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 130, 148-161 [view file] |
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Brownfield M E, Foord E E, Sutley S J, Botinelly T (1993) Kosnarite, KZr2(PO4)3, a new mineral from Mount Mica and Black Mountain, Oxford County, Maine, American Mineralogist, 78, 653-656 [view file] |
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Piilonen P C, Friis H, Rowe R, Poirier (2020) Crystal structure determination of kosnarite, KZr2(PO4)3, from the Mario Pinto mine, Jenipapo district, Itinga, Brazil, The Canadian Mineralogist, 58, 637-652 [view file] |
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