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Name: Orientite RRUFF ID: R060936 Ideal Chemistry: Ca8Mn3+10(SiO4)3(Si3O10)3(OH)10·4H2O Locality: Cerchiara mine, Liguria, Italy Source: Michael Scott S101287 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Hexagonal looking chocolate-brown crystals Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
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RRUFF ID: | R060936.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 8.999(5)Å b: 19.008(8)Å c: 6.086(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1041(2)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Orientite | |
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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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Foshag W F (1921) New minerals, American Mineralogist, 6, 132-132 [view file] |
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Hewett D F, Shannon E V (1921) Orientite, a new hydrous silicate of manganese and calcium from Cuba, American Journal of Science, 1 (Fifth series), 491-506 [view file] |
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Moore P B (1965) Cell data of orientite and its relation to ardennite and zoisite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 262-265 [view file] |
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Moore P B, Ito J, Steele I M (1979) Macfallite and orientite: calcium manganese (III) silicates from upper Michigan, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 325-331 [view file] |
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Moore P B, Shen J, Araki T (1985) Crystal chemistry of the 2∞[M3+2Φ2(TO4)2] sheet: structural principles and crystal structures of ruizite, macfallite and orientite, American Mineralogist, 70, 171-181 [view file] |
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Mellini M, Merlino S, Pasero M (1986) X-ray and HRTEM structure analysis of orientite, American Mineralogist, 71, 176-187 [view file] |
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