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Name: Suolunite RRUFF ID: R060917 Ideal Chemistry: Ca2Si2O5(OH)2·H2O Locality: Lac d'Amiante mine, Black Lake, Quebec, Canada Source: Royal Ontario Museum M52459 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Large white to pale lavender fragment Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
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RRUFF ID: | R060917.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 19.8205(4)Å b: 6.0034(1)Å c: 11.1501(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1326.76(3)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Suolunite | |
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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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Huang Y H (1965) Suolunite, a new mineral, Geological Review, 23, 7-7 |
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Zeug R, Xue J, Peug Z (1965) The crystalline structure of suolunite (in Chinese), Kexue Tongbao, 7, 648-650 |
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Tseng J K, Hsueh C Y, Peng C C (1966) The crystal structure of suolunite (in English), Kexue Tongbao, 17, 45-48 |
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Fleischer M (1967) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 52, 559-564 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1968) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 53, 348-351 [view file] |
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International Mineralogical Association (1968) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 1143-1145 [view file] |
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Lin Z (1974) The crystalline structure of suolunite, Scientia Geologica Sinica, 1974, issue 2 117-131 |
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Ma Z S, Shi N C, Mou G D, Liao L B (1999) Crystal structure refinement of suolunite and its significance to the cement techniques, Chinese Science Bulletin, 44, 2125-2130 |
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