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Name: Chlorartinite RRUFF ID: R060878 Ideal Chemistry: Mg2(CO3)Cl(OH)·2.5H2O Locality: 500m level, Quarry of Udachnaya-Vostochnaya pipe, Yakutia, Russia Source: Michael Scott S100952 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: White fibrous mass, associated with larger crystals of aragonite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by X-ray diffraction |
Mineral Group: [ Artinite (3) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R060878.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder, mixed with aragonite | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 23.183(5)Å b: 23.183(5)Å c: 7.223(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 3360(1)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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REFERENCES for Chlorartinite | |
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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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Vergasova L P, Filatov S K, Serafimova E K, Sergeeva S V (1998) Chlorartinite the new mineral from exhalations of the great fissure Tolbachik eruption, Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 127, issue 2 55-59 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Pertsev N N, Roberts A C (1999) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 84, 1195-1198 [view file] |
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Sugimoto K, Dinnebier R E, Schlecht T (2006) Chlorartinite, a volcanic exhalation product also found in industrial magnesia screed, Journal of Applied Crystallography, 39, 739-744 |
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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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Sugimoto K, Dinnebier R E, Schlecht T (2007) Crystal structure of dehydrated chlorartinite by X-ray powder diffraction, Powder Diffraction, 22, 64-67 |
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