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Name: Cymrite RRUFF ID: R080032 Ideal Chemistry: Ba(Si,Al)4(O,OH)8·H2O Locality: Langban, Filipstad, Varmland, Sweden Source: Michael Scott S101267 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Vitreous, massive opaque grey associated with calcite and phlogopite Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed. |
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RRUFF ID: | R080032.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Powder, using Mo radiation | ||||||
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REFERENCES for Cymrite | |
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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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Smith W C, Bannister F A, Hey M H (1949) Cymrite, a new barium mineral from the Benallt manganese mine, Rhiw, Carnarvonshire, Mineralogical Magazine, 28, 676-681 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1950) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 35, 135-136 [view file] |
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Runnells D D (1964) Cymrite in a copper deposit, Brooks Range, Alaska, American Mineralogist, 49, 158-165 [view file] |
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Kashaev A A (1966) The crystal structure of cymrite, Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 169, 201-203 [view file] |
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Drits V A, Kashaev A A (1969) The origin of satellites in the reciprocal lattice of crystals, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 13, 700-704 [view file] |
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Drits V A, Kashaev A A, Sokolova G V (1975) Crystal structure of cymrite, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 20, 171-175 [view file] |
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Moro M C, Cembranos M L, Fernandez A (2001) Celsian, (Ba,K)-feldspar and cymrite from sedex barite deposits of Zamora, Spain, The Canadian Mineralogist, 39, 1039-1051 [view file] |
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Bolotina N B, Rastsvetaeva R K, Kashaev A A (2010) Refinement of the twinned structure of cymrite from the Ruby Creek Deposit (Alaska), Crystallography Reports, 55, 569-574 |
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Romanenko A V, Raschchenko S V, Sokol A G, Korsakov A V, Seryotkin Y V, Glazyrin K V, Musiyachenko K (2021) Crystal structures of K-cymrite and kokchetavite from single-crystal X-ray diffraction, American Mineralogist, 106, 404-409 |
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