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Name: Isokite RRUFF ID: R070526 Ideal Chemistry: CaMg(PO4)F Locality: Kjorrestad, near Bamle, Norway Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 4797 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless crystals, associated with wagnerite, R050519. Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
Mineral Group: [ Titanite (17) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R070526.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 6.5109(3)Å b: 8.7301(5)Å c: 6.9046(5)Å alpha: 90° beta: 112.246(2)° gamma: 90° Volume: 363.25(4)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Isokite | |
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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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Deans T, McConnell J D C (1955) Isokite, CaMgPO4F, a new mineral from Northern Rhodesia, Mineralogical Magazine, 30, 681-690 [view file] |
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Mackenzie R C (1955) Mineralogical Society (London), American Mineralogist, 40, 773-780 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1956) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 41, 163-168 [view file] |
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Fisher D J (1957) Isokite and triplite from Bohemia, Mineralogical Magazine, 31, 587-602 [view file] |
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Isaacs A M, Peacor D R (1985) Panasqueiraite, a new mineral: the OH-equivalent of isokite. Erratum, The Canadian Mineralogist, 23, 131-131 [view file] |
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Hochleitner R, Fehr K T (2005) Isokite, CaMg [F|PO4], from Senhora de Assunção, Portugal: new find and new data, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 182, 103-108 |
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Ercit T S, Piilonen P C, Locock A J, Kolitsch U, Rowe R (2006) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 91, 1201-1209 [view file] |
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Yang H, Zwick J, Downs R T, Costin G (2007) Isokite, CaMg(PO4)F0.8(OH)0.2, isomorphous with titanite, Acta Crystallographica, C63, i89-i90 [view file] |
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Piilonen P C, Poirier G, Tait K T (2008) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 93, 1686-1691 [view file] |
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