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Name: Wilancookite RRUFF ID: R100091 Ideal Chemistry: (Ba5Li2◻)Ba6Be24P24O96·26H2O Locality: Lavra Ponte do Piauí complex granitic pegmatite, Itinga, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais, Brazil Source: Luiz Menezes Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless dodecahedra on mica, type sample Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
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RRUFF ID: | R100091.9 | ||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 13.482(1) Å b: 13.482(1) Å c: 13.482(1) Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 2450.5(6)Å3 Crystal System: cubic |
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REFERENCES for Wilancookite | |
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Hålenius U, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2015) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 27. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2015, Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 1223-1230 [view file] |
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Hatert F, Philippo S, Ottolini L, Dal Bo F, Scholz R, Chaves M L S C, Yang H, Downs R T, Menezes L A D (2017) Wilancookite, (Ba,K,Na)8(Ba,Li,◻)6Be24P24O96·32H2O, a new beryllophosphate with a zeolite framework, European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 923-930 [view file] |
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Belakovskiy D I, Cámara F, Gagné O C (2018) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 103, 2036-2048 [view file] |
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Hatert F, Dal Bo F, Bruni Y, Meisser N, Vignola P, Risplendente A, Châtenet F X, Lebocey J (2020) Limousinite, BaCa[Be4P4O16]·6H2O, a new beryllophosphate mineral with a phillipsite-type framework, The Canadian Mineralogist, 58, 815-827 [view file] |
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