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Name: Brewsterite-Sr RRUFF ID: R070227 Ideal Chemistry: Sr(Al2Si6)O16·5H2O Locality: Strontian, North West Highlands (Argyllshire), Scotland, UK Source: Michael Scott S101852 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless to off-white striated prismatic crystals associated with calcite and pyrite on gneissic matrix Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Brewsterite (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R070227.1 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 6.7817(6)Å b: 17.533(1)Å c: 7.7567(6)Å alpha: 90° beta: 94.473(5)° gamma: 90° Volume: 919.5(2)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Brewsterite-Sr | |
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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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Brooke H J (1822) On the comptonite of Vesuvius, the brewsterite of Scotland, the stilbite and the heulandite, Edinburgh Philosophy Journal, 6, 112-115 [view file] |
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Perrotta A J, Smith J V (1964) The crystal structure of brewsterite, (Sr,Ba,Ca)Al2Si6O16·5(H2O), Acta Crystallographica, 17, 857-862 |
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Schlenker J L, Pluth J J, Smith J V (1977) Refinement of the crystal structure of brewsterite, Ba0.5Sr1.5Al4Si12O32·10(H2O), Acta Crystallographica, B33, 2907-2910 |
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Akizuki M (1987) Crystal symmetry and order-disorder structure of brewsterite, American Mineralogist, 72, 645-648 [view file] |
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Coombs D S, Alberti A, Armbruster T, Artioli G, Colella C, Galli E, Grice J D, Liebau F, Mandarino J A, Minato H, Nickel E H, Passaglia E, Peacor D R, Quartieri S, Rinaldi R, Ross M, Sheppard R A, Tillmanns E, Vezzalini G, (1997) Recommended nomenclature for zeolite minerals: report of the Subcommittee on Zeolites of the International Mineralogical Association, Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 1571-1606 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Grew E S, Roberts A C (1998) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 83, 1347-1352 [view file] |
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