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Name: Ferrobobfergusonite RRUFF ID: R140993 Ideal Chemistry: ◻Na2Fe2+5Fe3+Al(PO4)6 Locality: Victory mine, Custer, Custer District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA Source: Rock Currier [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Dark green aggregates of blocky crystals, associated with quartz and muscovite. Four different dark green minerals are found: schorl, fillowite, ferrobobfergusonite, and ferrowyllieite. Light green crystals are arrojadite. This is the type sample Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
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RRUFF ID: | R140993.9 | ||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 12.7156(3)Å b: 12.3808(3)Å c: 10.9347(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 97.3329(10)° gamma: 90° Volume: 1707.37(7)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Ferrobobfergusonite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Hålenius U, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2017) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 37. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2017, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 737-742 [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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Yang H, Yong T, Downs R T (2021) Ferrobobfergusonite, ◻Na2Fe2+5Fe3+Al(PO4)6, a new mineral of the bobfergusonite group from the Victory mine, Custer County, South Dakota, USA, The Canadian Mineralogist, 59, 617-627 [view file] |
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