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Name: Foshagite RRUFF ID: R070098 Ideal Chemistry: Ca4(SiO3)3(OH)2 Locality: Crestmore, Califonia, USA Source: Michael Scott S101319 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Silky white compact mass Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed. |
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RRUFF ID: | R070098.1 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | ||||||
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REFERENCES for Foshagite | |
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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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Eakle A S (1925) Foshagite, a new silicate from Crestmore, California, American Mineralogist, 10, 97-99 [view file] |
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Vigfusson V A (1931) The hydrated calcium silicates, American Journal of Science, 21, 67-78 [view file] |
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Gard J A, Taylor H F W (1958) Foshagite: composition, unit cell and dehydration, American Mineralogist, 43, 1-15 [view file] |
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Gard J A, Taylor H F W (1960) The crystal structure of foshagite, Acta Crystallographica, 13, 785-793 |
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Bailey S W (1977) Report of the I.M.A-I.U.Cr. Joint Committee on Nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 62, 411-415 [view file] |
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Zadov A E, Pertsev N N, Belakovsky D I, Chukanov N V, Kuznetsova O Y (2004) Foshagite and hillebrandite from skarn xenoliths of Ioko-Dovyrensky massif, Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 133, issue 1 73-83 [view file] |
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Meller N, Kyritsis K, Hall C (2009) The mineralogy of the CaO-Al2O3-SiO2-H2O (CASH) hydroceramic system from 200 to 350°C, Cement and Concrete Research, 39, 45-53 |
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