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Name: Goedkenite RRUFF ID: R130667 Ideal Chemistry: Sr2Al(PO4)2(OH) Locality: Palermo No. 1 mine, Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA Source: Rock Currier [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Vitreous clusters of tabular colorless-to-white crystals with wedge-shaped form, associated with quartz in a vug. Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Brackebuschite (17) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Goedkenite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R130667.9 | ||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 8.476(5)Å b: 5.707(3)Å c: 7.279(4)Å alpha: 90° beta: 113.28(3)° gamma: 90° Volume: 323.42(9)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Goedkenite | |
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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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Moore P B, Irving A J, Kampf A R (1975) Foggite, CaAl(OH)2(H2O)[PO4]; goedkinite, (Sr, Ca)2Al(OH)[PO4]2; and samuelsonite (Ca,Ba)Fe2+2Mn2+2Ca8Al2(OH)2[PO4]10: Three new species from the Palermo No. 1 Pegmatite, North Groton, New Hampshire, American Mineralogist, 60, 957-964 [view file] |
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