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Name: Manitobaite RRUFF ID: R130259 Ideal Chemistry: Na16Mn2+25Al8(PO4)30 Locality: Gottcha Claim (Pegmatite No. 22), Cross Lake, Manitoba, Canada Source: Rock Currier [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Red-brown massive, associated with quartz Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
Mineral Groups: [ Alluaudite (22) ] [ Manitobaite (2) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Manitobaite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R130259.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 13.4450(10)Å b: 12.5071(12)Å c: 26.5789(26)Å alpha: 90° beta: 100.9999(47)° gamma: 90° Volume: 4387.35(92)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Manitobaite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M (2009) New minerals approved in 2009, in International Mineralogical Association 1-34 [view file] |
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Ercit T S, Tait K T, Cooper M A, Abdu Y, Ball N A, Anderson A J, Černý P, Hawthorne F C, Galliski M (2010) Manitobaite, Na16Mn2+25Al8(PO4)30, a new phosphate mineral species from Cross Lake, Manitoba, Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist, 48, 1455-1463 [view file] |
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Tait K T, Ercit T S, Abdu Y A, Černý P, Hawthorne F C (2011) The crystal structure and crystal chemistry of manitobaite, ideally (Na16◻)Mn2+25Al8(PO4)30, from Cross Lake, Manitoba, The Canadian Mineralogist, 49, 1221-1242 [view file] |
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Gatta G D, Cámara F, Tait K T, Belakovskiy D (2012) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 97, 2064-2072 [view file] |
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Hatert F (2019) A new nomenclature scheme for the alluaudite supergroup, European Journal of Mineralogy, 31, 807-822 [view file] |
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