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Name: Hardystonite RRUFF ID: R040026 Ideal Chemistry: Ca2ZnSi2O7 Locality: Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 9385 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: White massive Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
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Mineral Group: [ Melilite (7) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | ||||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R040026.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 7.8277(3)Å b: 7.8277(3)Å c: 5.0180(3)Å alpha: 90.° beta: 90.° gamma: 90.° Volume: 307.47(3)Å3 Crystal System: tetragonal |
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REFERENCES for Hardystonite | |
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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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Wolff J E (1899) On hardystonite, a new calcium-zinc silicate from Franklin Furnace, New Jersey, Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 34, 479-481 [view file] |
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Wolff J E (1900) Ueber hardystonit, ein neues kalk-zinksilicat von Franklin Furnace, New Jersey, Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie, 32, 1-3 [view file] |
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Louisnathan S J (1969) Refinement of the crystal structure of hardystonite Ca2ZnSi2O7, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 130, 427-437 [view file] |
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Sharma S K, Yoder H S, Matson D W (1988) Raman study of some melilites in crystalline and glassy states, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 52, 1961-1967 |
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Shannon R D, Iishi K, Allik T H, Rossman G R, Liebertz J (1992) Dielectric constants of BaO and melilites and the oxide additivity rule, European Journal of Mineralogy, 4, 1241-1249 |
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Mendenbach O, Shannon R D (1997) Refractive indices and optical dispersion of 103 synthetic and mineral oxides and silicates measured by a small-prism technique, Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 14, 3299-3318 |
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Shannon R D, Shannon R C, Medenbach O, Fischer R X (2002) Refractive index and dispersion of fluorides and oxides, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 31, 931-970 [view file] |
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