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Name: Emeleusite RRUFF ID: R061034 Ideal Chemistry: Na2LiFe3+Si6O15 Locality: Igdlutalig, Ilimaussaq, Greenland Source: Michael Scott S101307 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Light pink massive associated with albite and aegirine, co-type specimen Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
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| RRUFF ID: | R061034.1 | |||||||
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a: 10.047(2)Å b: 17.417(6)Å c: 14.048(6)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 2458.3(8)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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| REFERENCES for Emeleusite | |
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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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Johnsen O, Nielsen K, Sotofte I (1978) The crystal structure of emeleusite, a novel example of sechser-doppelkette, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 147, 297-306 [view file] |
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Upton B G J, Hill P G, Johnsen O, Petersen O V (1978) Emeleusite: a new LiNaFeIII silicate from south Greenland, Mineralogical Magazine, 42, 31-34 [view file] |
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Fleischer M, Chao G Y, Pabst A (1979) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 64, 241-245 [view file] |
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