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Name: Fluorcalciopyrochlore RRUFF ID: R061003 Ideal Chemistry: (Ca,Na)2(Nb,Ti)2O6F Locality: Verity property, Blue River, British Columbia, Canada Source: Michael Scott S101331 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Reddish-brown octahedron Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
Quick search: [ All Fluorcalciopyrochlore samples (3) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R061003.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 10.42405(8)Å b: 10.42405(8)Å c: 10.42405(8)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1132.68(3)Å3 Crystal System: cubic |
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REFERENCES for Fluorcalciopyrochlore | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2013) IMA Commission on new minerals, nomenclature and classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 17. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2013, Mineralogical Magazine, 77, 2997-3005 [view file] |
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Li G, Yang G, Lu F, Xiong M, Ge X, Pan B, Fourestier J D (2016) Fluorcalciopyrochlore, a new mineral species from Bayan Obo, Inner Mongolia, P.R. China, The Canadian Mineralogist, 54, 1285-1291 [view file] |
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Belakovskiy D I, Cámara F, Gagné O C (2018) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 103, 2036-2048 [view file] |
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Zaitsev A N, Spratt J, Shtukenberg A G, Zolotarev A A, Britvin S N, Petrov S V, Kuptsova A V, Antonov A V (2021) Oscillatory- and sector-zoned pyrochlore from carbonatites of the Kerimasi volcano, Gregory rift, Tanzania, Mineralogical Magazine, 85, 532-553 |
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