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Name: Eliseevite RRUFF ID: R130075 Ideal Chemistry: Na1.5Li{Ti2O2[Si4O10.5(OH)1.5]}·2H2O Locality: Mt. Alluaiv, Lovozero alkaline massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia Source: Sergey V. Krivovichev Owner: Sergey V. Krivovichev Description: Colorless to pale creamy transparent long-prismatic crystals. Associated with albite, analcime, catapleiite, chabazite-Ca, gmelinite-K, manganoneptunite, microcline, murmanite, and an ussingite. Data from Yakovenchuk et al (2011) Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
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RRUFF ID: | R130075.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 27.483(12)Å b: 8.669(4)Å c: 5.246(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90.782(8)° gamma: 90° Volume: 1249.7(9)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Eliseevite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2010) IMA Commission on new minerals, nomenclature and classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 5. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2010, Mineralogical Magazine, 74, 859-862 [view file] |
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Yakovenchuk V N, Ivanyuk G Y, Krivovichev S V, Pakhomovsky Y A, Selivanova E A, Korchak J A, Men'shikov Y P, Drogobuzhskaya S V, Zalkind O A (2011) Eliseevite, Na1.5Li[Ti2Si4O12.5(OH)1.5]·2H2O, a new microporous titanosilicate from the Lovozero alkaline massif (Kola Peninsula, Russia), American Mineralogist, 96, 1624-1629 [view file] |
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