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Name: Barylite RRUFF ID: R060606 Ideal Chemistry: BaBe2Si2O7 Locality: Hackmann Valley, Yukspor Mountain, Khibiny, Kola, Russia Source: Michael Scott S101023 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Radiating group of colorless flattened bladed crystals on white microcline. Polytype barylite-1O, formally known as clinobarylite. Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
Quick search: [ All Barylite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R060606.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 11.639(2)Å b: 4.9131(9)Å c: 4.6697(7)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 267.04(8)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Barylite | |
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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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Blomstrand C W (1876) Bidrag till kännedomen af Långbans-grufvans mineralier. B) Barylith, ett nytt mineral från Långban, Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar, 3, 123-133 [view file] |
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Palache C, Bauer L H (1930) On the occurrence of beryllium in the zinc deposits of Franklin, New Jersey, American Mineralogist, 15, 30-33 [view file] |
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Abrashev K K, Belov N V (1962) Crystal structure of barylite, BaBe2Si2O7, Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 144, 636-638 [view file] |
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Abrashev K K, Ilyukhin V V, Belov N V (1965) Crystal structure of barylite, BaBe2Si2O7, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 9, 691-699 [view file] |
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Welin E (1968) Notes on the mineralogy of Sweden 6. X-ray powder data for minerals from Långban and the related mineral deposits of Central Sweden, Arkiv för Mineralogi och Geologi, 4, 499-541 |
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Robinson P D, Fang J H (1977) Barylite, BaBe2Si207: its space group and crystal structure, American Mineralogist, 62, 167-169 [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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Chukanov N V, Pekov I V, Rastsvetaeva R K, Shilov G V, Zadov A E (2003) Clinobarylite, BaBe2Si2O7, a new mineral from Khibiny massif, Kola Peninsula, Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 132, issue 1 29-37 [view file] |
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Rastsvetaeva R K, Chukanov N V (2003) Crystal structure and microtwinning of a new mineral clinobarylite, BaBe2Si2O7, Doklady Akademii Nauk, 388, 205-207 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Roberts A C (2004) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 89, 249-253 [view file] |
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Krivovichev S V, Yakovenchuk V N, Armbuster T, Mikhailova Y, Pakhomovsky Y A (2004) Clinobarylite, BaBe2Si2O7: structure refinement and revision of symmetry and physical properties, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 2004, 373-384 |
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Mandarino J A (2004) New minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 215-234 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Grew E S, Roberts A C (2005) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 90, 518-522 [view file] |
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Pekov I V (2007) New minerals from former Soviet Union countries, 1998-2006: new minerals approved by the IMA commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Almanac, 11, 9-51 [view file] |
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Di Domizio A J, Downs R T, Yang H (2012) Redetermination of clinobarylite, BaBe2Si2O7, Acta Crystallographica, E68, i78-i79 [view file] |
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Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2014) IMA Commission on new minerals, nomenclature and classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 20. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2014, Mineralogical Magazine, 78, 549-558 [view file] |
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Merlino S, Biagioni C, Bonaccorsi E, Chukanov N V, Pekov, I V, Krivovichev S V, Yakovenchuk V N, Armbruster T (2015) 'Clinobarylite'-barylite: order-disorder relationships and nomenclature, Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 145-155 [view file] |
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