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Name: Katayamalite RRUFF ID: R120164 Ideal Chemistry: KLi3Ca7Ti2(SiO3)12(OH)2 Locality: Iwagi Island, Inland Sea, Ehime Prefecture, Japan Source: Donald Doell [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless platy crystals with a brilliant bluish white fluorescence (short wave), associated with albite, wollastonite, pectolite, and aegirine. Crystal used in Andrade et al (2013) study Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
Mineral Group: [ Baratovite (2) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Katayamalite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R120164.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 16.9096(9)Å b: 9.7287(5)Å c: 20.9304(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 112.397(2)° gamma: 90° Volume: 3179.5(4)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Katayamalite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Murakami N, Kato T, Hirowatari F (1983) Katayamalite, a new Ca-Li-Ti silicate mineral from Iwagi Islet, Southwest Japan, Mineralogical Journal, 11, 261-268 [view file] |
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Dunn P J, Fleischer M, Francis C A, Langley R H, Kissin S A, Shigley J E, Vanko D A, Zilczer J A (1984) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 69, 810-815 [view file] |
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Kato T, Murakami N (1985) The crystal structure of katayamalite, Mineralogical Journal, 12, 206-217 [view file] |
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Baur W H, Kassner D (1992) Katayamalite and baratovite are structurally identical, European Journal of Mineralogy, 4, 839-841 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Puziewicz J (1993) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 78, 450-455 [view file] |
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Andrade M B, Doell D, Downs R T, Yang H (2013) Redetermination of katayamalite, KLi3Ca7Ti2(SiO3)12(OH)2, Acta Crystallographica, E69, i41-i41 [view file] |
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