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Name: Kutnohorite RRUFF ID: R060473 Ideal Chemistry: CaMn2+(CO3)2 Locality: N'Chwaning II mine, Kalahari manganese field, northern Cape Province, Republic of South Africa Source: Michael Scott S100370 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Aggregate of parallel pink colored acicular crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
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RRUFF ID: | R060473.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder, mixture with a second carbonate phase | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 4.9171(6)Å b: 4.9171(6)Å c: 16.607(4)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 347.73(9)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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REFERENCES for Kutnohorite | |
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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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Bukovský A (1901) Nové nerosty kutnohorské, Věstník III. Sjezdu Českých Přírodozpytcův a Lékařů v Praze, 293-293 [view file] |
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Bukovský A (1901) Einige Mineralien von Kuttenberg, Centralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie, 1901, 504-504 [view file] |
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Bukovský A (1902) Kutnohorské nerosty manganté, 3-12 [view file] |
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Bukowský A (1903) Kuttenberger Manganmineralien, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Palaontologie, 1903, 338-339 [view file] |
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Frondel C, Bauer L H (1955) Kutnahorite: A manganese dolomite, CaMn(CO3)2, American Mineralogist, 40, 748-760 [view file] |
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ák L, Povondra P (1981) Kutnohorite from the Chvaletice pyrite and manganese deposit, east Bohemia, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 28, 55-63 |
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Peacor D R, Essene E J, Gaines A M (1987) Petrologic and crystal-chemical implications of cation order-disorder in kutnahorite [CaMn(CO3)2], American Mineralogist, 72, 319-328 [view file] |
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Farkas L, Bolzenius B H, Schäfer W, Will G (1988) The crystal structure of kutnohorite CaMn(CO3)2, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1988, 539-546 |
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Polgári M, Bajnóczi B, Kovács Kis V, Götze J, Dobosi G, Tóth M, Vigh T (2007) Mineralogical and cathodoluminescence characteristics of Ca-rich kutnohorite from the Úrkút Mn-carbonate mineralization, Hungary, Mineralogical Magazine, 71, 493-508 [view file] |
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Palaich S E M, Heffern R A, Watenphul A, Knight J, Kavner A (2015) High-pressure compressibility and phase stability of Mn-dolomite (kutnohorite), American Mineralogist, 100, 2242-2245 |
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