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Name: Holmquistite RRUFF ID: R130004 Ideal Chemistry: ◻Li2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2 Locality: Quebec Lithium Corporation mine, La Corne, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Temiscamingue, Quebec, Canada Source: Don Doell [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Parallel aggregate of pale purple bladed crystals Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
| Mineral Group: [ amphibole (107) ] | ||
| Quick search: [ All Holmquistite samples (2) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R130004.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 18.288(4)Å b: 17.684(4)Å c: 5.2780(9)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1707.0(3)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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| REFERENCES for Holmquistite | |
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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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Osann A (1913) Über Holmquistit, einen Lithionglaukophan von der Insel Utö, Sitzungsberichte der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1913, 3-16 [view file] |
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Vogt T, Bastiansen O, Skancke P (1958) Notes and news: Holmquistite as a rhombic amphibole, American Mineralogist, 43, 981-982 [view file] |
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Leake B E (1978) Nomenclature of amphiboles, American Mineralogist, 63, 1023-1052 [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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Kloprogge J T, Visser D, Case M H, Frost R L (2001) Raman microscopic study of holmquistite, a Li-bearing orthorhombic amphibole, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 2001, 1-17 |
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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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Camara F, Oberti R (2005) The crystal-chemistry of holmquistites: Ferroholmquistite from Greenbushes (Western Australia) and hints for compositional constraints in BLi amphiboles, American Mineralogist, 90, 1167-1176 [view file] |
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Tribaudino M, Hovis G L, Almer C, Leaman A (2022) Thermal expansion of minerals in the amphibole supergroup, American Mineralogist, 107, 1302-1312 |
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