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Name: Redledgeite RRUFF ID: R070714 Ideal Chemistry: Ba(Ti6Cr3+2)O16 Locality: Red Ledge mine, Washington, Washington District, Nevada County, California, USA Source: Michael Scott S103520 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Black acicular crystals intermixed with pale green micro-fibers, used in the Foley et al (1997) Can Min 35, 1531-1534 study. Associated with light purple clinochlore Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
Mineral Group: [ Coronadite (13) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R070714.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 10.113(3)Å b: 10.113(3)Å c: 2.950(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 301.8(1)Å3 Crystal System: tetragonal |
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REFERENCES for Redledgeite | |
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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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Fleischer M (1961) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 46, 1200-1204 [view file] |
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Strunz H (1961) "Chromrutil" von der Red Ledge Mine ist kein Rutil. Redledgeit, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1961, 107-111 |
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International Mineralogical Association (1967) Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 131-136 [view file] |
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Gatehouse B M, Jones G C, Pring A, Symes R F (1986) The chemistry and structure of redledgeite, Mineralogical Magazine, 50, 709-715 [view file] |
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Scott J D, Peatfield G R (1986) Mannardite [Ba·H2O](Ti6V3+2)O16, a new mineral species, and new data on redledgeite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 24, 55-66 [view file] |
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Hawthorne F C, Burke E A J, Ercit T S, Grew E S, Grice J D, Jambor J L, Puziewicz J, Roberts A C, Vanko D A (1988) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 73, 189-199 [view file] |
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Foley J A, Hughes J M, Drexler J W (1997) Redledgeite, Bax([Cr,Fe,V]3+2xTi8-2x)O16, the I4/m structure and elucidation of the sequence of tunnel Ba cations, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 1531-1534 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Roberts A C (1999) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 84, 193-198 [view file] |
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Biagioni C, Capalbo C, Pasero M (2013) Nomenclature tunings in the hollandite supergroup, European Journal of Mineralogy, 25, 85-90 [view file] |
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