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Name: Yuksporite RRUFF ID: R060818 Ideal Chemistry: K4(Ca,Na)14(Sr,Ba)2(◻,Mn,Fe)(Ti,Nb)4(O,OH)4(Si6O17)2(Si2O7)3(H2O,OH)3 Locality: Chibiny, Kola Peninsula, Russia Source: Bob Jenkins [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Aggregate of tan colored thin lamellae formed from parallel fibers Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R060818.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 7.1302(6)Å b: 24.924(2)Å c: 17.073(5)Å alpha: 90° beta: 102.14(3)° gamma: 90° Volume: 2966.3(7)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Yuksporite | |
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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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Fersman A E (1923) The Chibina Massiv of Kola Island, Transactions of the Northern Scientific and Economic Expedition, 16, 16–73 [view file] |
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Fersman A E (1926) Minerals of the Kola Peninsula, American Mineralogist, 11, 289-299 [view file] |
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Schairer J F (1927) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 12, 58-58 [view file] |
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Fleischer M, Cabri L J, Pabst A (1977) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 62, 1259-1262 [view file] |
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Hawthorne F C, Bladh K W, Burke E A J, Ercit S, Grew E S, Grice J D, Puziewicz J, Roberts A C, Schedler R A, Shigley J E (1986) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 71, 1543-1548 [view file] |
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Krivovichev S V, Yakovenchuk V N, Armbruster T, Döbelin N, Pattison P, Weber H P, Depmeier W (2004) Porous titanosilicate nanorods in the structure of yuksporite, (Sr,Ba)2K4(Ca,Na)14(◻,Mn,Fe){(Ti,Nb)4(O,OH)4[Si6O17]2[Si2O7]3}(H2O,OH)n, resolved using synchrotron radiation, American Mineralogist, 89, 1561-1565 [view file] |
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