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Name: Denisovite RRUFF ID: R120067 Ideal Chemistry: KCa2Si3O8F Locality: Eveslogchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia Source: Donald Doell [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Parallel aggregate of colorless-white acicular crystals on black aegerine Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed. |
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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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Men´shikov Y P (1984) Denisovite Ca4(K1.4Na0.6)2 Si6O16(F,OH)2 - a new mineral from the Khibina massif, Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 113, issue 6 718-723 [view file] |
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Dunn P J, Ferraiolo J A, Fleischer M, Gobel V, Grice J D, Langley R H, Shigley J E, Vanko D A, Zilczer J A (1985) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 70, 1329-1335 [view file] |
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Konev A A, Vorobiev E I, Paradina L F, Sapozhnikov A N (1987) Denisovite from Murunskii Massif the 2nd find in the world, Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 293, 196-198 |
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