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Name: Arfvedsonite RRUFF ID: R110049 Ideal Chemistry: NaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2 Locality: Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi Source: Donald M Doell [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Black prismatic crystal Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
| Mineral Group: [ amphibole (107) ] | ||
| Quick search: [ All Arfvedsonite samples (3) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R110049.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
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a: 9.785(2)Å b: 18.072(4)Å c: 5.334(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 103.59(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 916.7(3)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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| REFERENCES for Arfvedsonite | |
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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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Brooke H J (1823) A description of the crystalline form of some new minerals. Arfwedsonite, The Annals of Philosophy, 5, 381-384 [view file] |
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Lorenzen J (1882) On some minerals from the sodalite-syenite in the Juliane-haab district, south Greenland, Mineralogical Magazine, 5, 49-70 [view file] |
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International Mineralogical Association (1962) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 260-263 [view file] |
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Nickel E H, Mark E (1965) Arfvedsonite and aegirine–augite from Seal Lake, Labrador, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 185-197 [view file] |
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Hawthorne F C (1976) The crystal chemistry of amphiboles: V. The structure and chemistry of arfvedsonite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 14, 346-356 [view file] |
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Leake B E (1978) Nomenclature of amphiboles, American Mineralogist, 63, 1023-1052 [view file] |
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Hawthorne F C, Ungaretti L, Oberti R, Bottazzi P, Czamanske G K (1993) Li: an important component in igneous alkali amphiboles, American Mineralogist, 78, 733-745 [view file] |
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Leake B E, Woolley A R, Arps C E S, Birch W D, Gilbert M C, Grice J D, Hawthorne F C, Kato A, Kisch H J, Krivovichev V G, Linthout K, Laird J, Mandarino J A, Maresch W V, Nickel E H, Rock N M S, Schumacher J C, Smith D C, Stephenson N C N, Ungaretti L, Whittaker E J W, Youzhi G (1997) Nomenclature of amphiboles: report of the Subcommittee on Amphiboles of the International Mineralogical Association, Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 219-246 [view file] |
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Leake B E, Woolley A R, Birch W D, Burke E A J, Ferraris G, Grice J D, Hawthorne F C, Kisch H J, Krivovichev V G, Schumacher J C, Stephenson N C N, Whittaker E J W (2003) Nomenclature of amphiboles: additions and revisions to the International Mineralogical Association’s 1997 recommendations, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 1355-1362 [view file] |
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Thompson E C, Campbell A J, Liu Z (2016) In-situ infrared spectroscopic studies of hydroxyl in amphiboles at high pressure, American Mineralogist, 101, 706-712 |
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