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Name: Charoite RRUFF ID: R060376 Ideal Chemistry: (K,Sr,Ba,Mn)15-16(Ca,Na)32[Si70(O,OH)180](OH,F)4·nH2O Locality: Chara River area, Murun Massif, northwest Aldan, Siberia, U.S.S.R. Source: Michael Scott S100019 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Purple flaky and massive associated with tan colored tinaksite, R060375 Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed. |
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REFERENCES for Charoite | |
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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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Fleischer M, Pabst A, White J S (1978) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 63, 793-796 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1978) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 63, 1282-1284 [view file] |
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Rogova V P, Rogov Y G, Drits V A, Kuznetsova N N (1978) Charoite, a new mineral, and a new jewelry stone, Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 107, issue 1 94-100 [view file] |
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Nikishova L V, Lazebnik K A, Lazebnik Y D (1985) About the crystallochemical formula of charoite, in Crystal Chemistry and Structure of Minerals Nauka Leningrad, Russia 100-105 [view file] |
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Hawthorne F C, Burke E A J, Ercit T S, Grew E S, Grice J D, Jambor J L, Puziewicz J, Roberts A C, Vanko D A (1988) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 73, 189-199 [view file] |
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Matesanz E, Garcia-Guinea J, Crespo-Feo E, Lopez-Arce P, Valle-Fuentes F J, Correcher V (2008) The high-temperature behavior of charoite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 46, 1207-1213 [view file] |
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Buzatu A, Buzgar N (2010) The Raman study of single-chain silicates, Analele Stiintifice Ale Universitatii, Al. I. Cuza Iasi Geologie, 56, 107-125 [view file] |
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Rozhdestvenskaya I, Mugnaioli E, Czank M, Depmeier W, Kolb U, Reinholdt A, Weirich T (2010) The structure of charoite, (K,Sr,Ba,Mn)15-16(Ca,Na)32[(Si70(O,OH)180)](OH,F)4.0·nH2O, solved by conventional and automated electron diffraction, Mineralogical Magazine, 74, 159-177 [view file] |
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Rozhdestvenskaya I V, Mugnaioli E, Czank M, Depmeier W, Kolb U, Merlino S (2011) Essential features of the polytypic charoite-96 structure compared to charoite-90, Mineralogical Magazine, 75, 2833-2846 [view file] |
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