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Name: Marićite RRUFF ID: R070273 Ideal Chemistry: NaFe2+(PO4) Locality: Locality 16, Big Fish River, Richardson Mountains, Dawson Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada Source: Mark Mauthner 1182 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Compact radiating aggregate of gray prismatic crystals (with bluish to brownish sections) in phosphate nodule. Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
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RRUFF ID: | R070273.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 6.865(1)Å b: 8.988(1)Å c: 5.0471(6)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 311.4(1)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Marićite | |
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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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Le Page Y, Donnay G (1977) The crystal structure of the new mineral marićite, NaFePO4, The Canadian Mineralogist, 15, 518-521 [view file] |
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Sturman B D, Mandarino J A, Corlett M I (1977) Marićite, a sodium iron phosphate, from the Big Fish River area, Yukon Territory, Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist, 15, 396-398 [view file] |
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Fleischer M, Mandarino J A, Chao G Y (1979) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 64, 652-659 [view file] |
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Dyar M D, Jawin E R, Breves E, Marchand G, Nelms M, Lane M D, Mertzman S A, Bish D L and Bishop J L (2014) Mössbauer parameters of iron in phosphate minerals: Implications for interpretation of martian data, American Mineralogist, 99, 914-942 [view file] |
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Brunet F, Crouzet C, Cretu S, David R, Courty M, Demortière A, Recham N (2019) Oxidative decomposition products of synthetic NaFePO4 marićite: nano-textural and electrochemical characterization, European Journal of Mineralogy, 31, 837-842 |
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