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Name: Kainosite-(Y) RRUFF ID: R070759 Ideal Chemistry: Ca2Y2(SiO3)4(CO3)·H2O Locality: Bicroft mine, Cardiff Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada Source: Michael Scott S104160 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Light brown prismatic crystals associated with quartz and green fluorite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R070759.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 12.957(7)Å b: 14.23(1)Å c: 6.709(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1236.9(9)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Kainosite-(Y) | |
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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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Nordenskiöld A E (1886) Mineralogiska bidrag. 9. Kainosit, ett nytt mineral från Hittero i Norge, Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar, 8, 143-146 [view file] |
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Rumanova I M, Volodina G F Belov N V (1967) The crystal structure of the rare earth ring silicate kainosite Ca2(Y,Tr)2[Si4O12] CO3·H2O, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 11, 485-491 [view file] |
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Nickel E H, Mandarino J A (1987) Procedures involving the IMA Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names and guidelines on mineral nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 72, 1031-1042 [view file] |
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Giuseppetti G, Tadini C, Oddone M (1989) Cenosite-(Y) from Baveno, Novara (Italy): crystal structure, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1989, 153-164 |
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