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Name: Stokesite RRUFF ID: R060587 Ideal Chemistry: CaSnSi3O9·2H2O Locality: Urucum mine, Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil Source: Michael Scott S100785 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Spherical aggregate of colorless prismatic crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R060587.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 14.460(2)Å b: 11.612(1)Å c: 5.2285(6)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 877.9(2)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Stokesite | |
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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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Hutchinson A (1900) On stokesite, a new mineral containing tin, from Cornwall, Mineralogical Magazine, 12, 274-281 [view file] |
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Gay P, Rickson K O (1960) X-ray data on stokesite, Mineralogical Magazine, 32, 433-435 [view file] |
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Vorma, A (1963) The crystal structure of stokesite, CaSnSi3O9·2H2O, Geologinen Tutkimuslaitos Bulletin de la Commission Géologique de Finlande, 208, 1-48 |
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Vorma A (1963) Crystal structure of stokesite, CaSnSi3O9·2H2O, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 615-617 [view file] |
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Couper A G, Clark A M (1977) Stokesite crystals from two localities in Cornwall, Mineralogical Magazine, 41, 411-414 [view file] |
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Yuan X, Guowu L, Guangming Y (2017) Mineralogy and crystallography of stokesite from inner Mongolia, China, The Canadian Mineralogist, 55, 63-74 |
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