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Name: Foordite RRUFF ID: R130012 Ideal Chemistry: Sn2+Nb2O6 Locality: Manono, Shaba, Congo Source: Michael Scott S101429 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Brown massive, strong cleavage, yellowish-brown when thin Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | |||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R130012.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 17.073(8)Å b: 4.867(2)Å c: 5.559(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90.89(2)° gamma: 90° Volume: 461.9(2)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Foordite | |
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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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Černý P, Fransolet A M, Ercit T S, Chapman R (1988) Foordite SnNb2O6, a new mineral species, and the foordite-thoreaulite series, The Canadian Mineralogist, 26, 889-898 [view file] |
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Ercit S T, Černý P (1988) The crystal structure of foordite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 26, 899-903 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Vanko D A (1990) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 75, 706-713 [view file] |
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Daltry V D C, von Knorring O (1998) Type-mineralogy of Rwanda with particular reference to the Buranga pegmatite, Geologica Belgica, 1, 9-15 [view file] |
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Uher P, Černý P, Chapman R (2008) Foordite-thoreaulite, Sn2+Nb2O6-Sn2+Ta2O6: compositional variations and alteration products, European Journal of Mineralogy, 20, 501-516 |
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