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Name: Bertossaite RRUFF ID: R060666 Ideal Chemistry: Li2CaAl4(PO4)4(OH)4 Locality: Buranga, Rwanda Source: Michael Scott S101293 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Pale pink massive Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
Mineral Group: [ Carminite (8) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R060666.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 11.473(1)Å b: 15.725(2)Å c: 7.232(9)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1304.8(3)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Bertossaite | |
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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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von Knorring O (1965) Notes on some pegmatite minerals from Rwanda, Bulletin du Service Géologique de la République du Rwanda, 2, 11-13 [view file] |
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von Knorring O, Mrose M E (1966) Abstract of paper presented at the eleventh meeting: Bertossaite, (Li, Na)2(Ca, Fe, Mn)Al4(PO4)4(OH, F)4, a new mineral from Rwanda (Africa), The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 668-668 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1967) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 52, 1579-1589 [view file] |
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Daltry V D C, von Knorring O (1998) Type-mineralogy of Rwanda with particular reference to the Buranga pegmatite, Geologica Belgica, 1, 9-15 [view file] |
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Roth P (2007) Bertossaite, in Minerals first discovered in Switzerland and minerals named after Swiss individuals Kristallografik Verlag Achberg Germany 166-167 |
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Hatert F, Lefèvre P, Fransolet A-M (2011) The crystal structure of bertossaite, CaLi2[Al4(PO4)4(OH,F)4], The Canadian Mineralogist, 49, 1079-1087 [view file] |
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