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Name: Monticellite RRUFF ID: R040115 Ideal Chemistry: CaMg(SiO4) Locality: Magnet Cove, Arkansas, USA Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 4337 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Brown blebs in matrix Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
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Mineral Group: [ Olivine (61) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Monticellite samples (4) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R040115.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 4.8295(6)Å b: 11.1083(6)Å c: 6.3872(6)Å alpha: 90.° beta: 90.° gamma: 90.° Volume: 342.66(4)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Monticellite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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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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Brooke H J (1831) On monticellite, a new species of mineral; on the character of zoizite; and on cupreous sulphate of lead, Philosophical Magazine, 10, 265-268 [view file] |
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Schaller W T (1935) Monticellite from San Bernardino County, California, and the monticellite series, American Mineralogist, 20, 815-827 [view file] |
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Onken H (1964) Verfeinerung der kristallstruktur von monticellit, Naturwissenschaften, 51, 334-335 |
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Warner R D, Luth W C (1973) Two-phase data for the join monticellite (CaMgSiO4) - forsterite (Mg2SiO4): experimental results and numerical analysis, American Mineralogist, 58, 998-1008 [view file] |
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Kimata M, Nishida N (1987) The crystal structure of Co-monticellite Ca1.255Co0.745SiO4 and its significance as a solid solution crystal, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1987, 160-170 |
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Sharp Z D, Hazen R M, Finger L W (1987) High-pressure crystal chemistry of monticellite, CaMgSiO4, American Mineralogist, 72, 748-755 [view file] |
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Chopelas A (1991) Single crystal Raman spectra of forsterite, fayalite, and monticellite, American Mineralogist, 76, 1101-1109 [view file] |
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Pilati T, Demartin F, Gramaccioli C M (1995) Thermal parameters for minerals of the olivine group: their implication on vibrational spectra, thermodynamic functions and transferable force fields, Acta Crystallographica, B51, 721-733 |
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Mouri T, Enami M (2008) Raman spectroscopic study of olivine-group minerals, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 103, 100-104 [view file] |
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