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Name: Oxy-schorl RRUFF ID: R140339 Ideal Chemistry: Na(Fe2+2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O Locality: Přibyslavice, Bohemia, Czech Republic Source: Bob Jenkins [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Black grains embedded in quartz and orthoclase Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ tourmaline (49) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R140339.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 15.964(3)Å b: 15.964(3)Å c: 7.1595(9)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 1580.2(2)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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REFERENCES for Oxy-schorl | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Grice J D, Ercit T S (1993) Ordering of Fe and Mg in the tourmaline crystal structure: The correct formula, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 165, 245-266 [view file] |
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Novák M, Povondra P, Selway J B (2004) Schorl - oxy-schorl to dravite - oxy-dravite tourmaline from granitic pegmatites; examples from the Moldanubicum, Czech Republic, European Journal of Mineralogy, 16, 323-333 |
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Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2011) IMA Commission on new minerals, nomenclature and classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 10. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2011, Mineralogical Magazine, 75, 2549-2561 [view file] |
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Bačík P, Cempírek J, Uher P, Novák M, Ozdín D, Filip J, koda R, Breiter K, Klementová M, Ďuďa R, Groat L A (2013) Oxy-schorl, Na(Fe2+2Al)Al6Si6O18(BO3)3(OH)3O, a new mineral from Zlatá Idka, Slovak Republic and Přibyslavice, Czech Republic, American Mineralogist, 98, 485-492 [view file] |
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Bosi F, Cámara F, Ciriotti M E, Hålenius U, Reznitskii L, Stagno V (2017) Crystal-chemical relations and classification problems in tourmalines belonging to the oxy-schorl - oxy-dravite - bosiite - povondraite series, European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 445-455 |
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Bosi F, Reznitskii L, Hålenius U, Skogby H (2017) Crystal chemistry of Al-V-Cr oxy-tourmalines from Sludyanka Complex, Lake Baikal, Russia, European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 457-472 |
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Bosi F (2018) Tourmaline crystal chemistry, American Mineralogist, 103, 298-306 [view file] |
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