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Name: Meliphanite RRUFF ID: R060786 Ideal Chemistry: Ca4(Na,Ca)4Be4AlSi7O24(F,O)4 Locality: Brevig, Norway Source: Michael Scott S101068 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Greenish-yellow tabular crystal Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R060786.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 10.5260(3)Å b: 10.5260(3)Å c: 9.8908(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1095.87(6)Å3 Crystal System: tetragonal |
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REFERENCES for Meliphanite | |
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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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Scheerer T (1852) Melinophan, eine neue Mineralspecies, Journal für Praktische Chemie, 55, 449-451 [view file] |
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Dal Negro A, Rossi G, Ungaretti L (1967) The crystal structure of meliphanite, Acta Crystallographica, 23, 260-264 |
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Grice J D, Hawthorne F C (2002) New data on meliphanite, Ca4(Na,Ca)4Be4AlSi7O24(F,O)4, The Canadian Mineralogist, 40, 971-980 [view file] |
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