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Name: Gaidonnayite RRUFF ID: R070472 Ideal Chemistry: Na2ZrSi3O9·2H2O Locality: Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County, Québec, Canada Source: Michael Scott S104410 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless to light brown prismatic crystals, co-type material, associated with colorless albite and pyrite. Fluoresces green under short wave ultraviolet light. Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Gaidonnayite (3) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Gaidonnayite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R070472.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 11.750(4)Å b: 12.840(7)Å c: 6.692(4)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1009.6(4)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Gaidonnayite | |
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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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Chao G Y, Watkinson D H (1974) Gaidonnayite, Na2ZrSi3O9·2H2O, a new mineral from Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, The Canadian Mineralogist, 12, 316-319 [view file] |
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Mandarino J A, Sturman B D (1978) The identity of α-catapleiite and gaidonnayite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 16, 195-198 [view file] |
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Chao G Y (1985) The crystal structure of gaidonnayite Na2ZrSi3O9·2H2O, The Canadian Mineralogist, 23, 11-15 [view file] |
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Donnay G, Chao G Y (1986) Hydrogen bonding in gaidonnayite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 24, 417-419 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Roberts A C, Vanko D A (1994) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 79, 1009-1014 [view file] |
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