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Name: Aegirine RRUFF ID: R050074 Ideal Chemistry: NaFe3+Si2O6 Locality: Mt. Malosa, Zomba, Chilwa, Alkaline Area, Malawi Source: Rock Currier Owner: RRUFF Description: Black prismatic single crystal Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
Mineral Group: [ pyroxene (81) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Aegirine samples (7) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | ||||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R050074.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 9.682(1)Å b: 8.8145(6)Å c: 5.306(4)Å alpha: 90.° beta: 107.08(3)° gamma: 90.° Volume: 432.9(3)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Aegirine | |
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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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Berzelius J (1835) [Untitled note on aegirine], Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefaktenkunde, 1835, 184-185 [view file] |
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Lorenzen J (1882) On some minerals from the sodalite-syenite in the Juliane-haab district, south Greenland, Mineralogical Magazine, 5, 49-70 [view file] |
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Dana E S (1904) Monoclinic Section. Pyroxene, in The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Data 1837-1868, Sixth Edition John Wiley & Sons New York 352-371 [view file] |
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Washington H S, Merwin H E (1927) The acmitic pyroxenes, American Mineralogist, 12, 233-252 [view file] |
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White, A J R (1962) Aegirine-riebeckite shists from South Westland, New Zealand, Journal of Petrology, 3, 38-48 |
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Aleksandrov K S, Ryzhova T V, Belikov B P (1964) The elastic properties of pyroxenes, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 8, 589-591 [view file] |
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Klein C (1966) Mineralogy and petrology of the metamorphosed Wabush Iron Formation, Southwestern Labrador, Journal of Petrology, 7, 246-305 |
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Clark J R, Appleman D E, Papike J J (1969) Crystal-chemical characterization of clinopyroxenes based on eight new structure refinements, Mineralogical Society of America Special Paper, 2, 31-50 [view file] |
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Cameron M, Sueno S, Prewitt C T, Papike J J (1973) High-temperature crystal chemistry of acmite, diopside, hedenbergite, jadeite, spodumene, and ureyite, American Mineralogist, 58, 594-618 [view file] |
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Cameron M, Papike J J (1981) Structural and chemical variations in pyroxenes, American Mineralogist, 66, 1-50 [view file] |
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Ghose S, Kersten M, Langer K, Rossi G, Ungaretti L (1986) Crystal field spectra and Jahn Teller effect of Mn3+ in clinopyroxene and clinoamphiboles from India, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 13, 291-305 |
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Morimoto N (1988) Nomenclature of pyroxenes, Mineralogical Magazine, 52, 535-550 [view file] |
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Pinckston R D, Smith D G W (1994) Mineralogy of the Lake zone, Thor Lake rare-metals deposit, N.W.T., Canada, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 32, 516-532 |
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Piilonen P C, McDonald A M, Lalonde A E (1998) The crystal chemistry of aegirine from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, The Canadian Mineralogist, 36, 779-791 [view file] |
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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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Pommier C J S, Downs R T, Stimpfl M, Redhammer G J, Denton M B (2005) Raman and X-ray investigations of LiFeSi2O6 pyroxene under pressure, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 36, 864-871 [view file] |
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Murad E (2006) Mineralogy of aegirine from Låven Island, Langesundfjorden, southern Norway, Norwegian Journal of Geology, 86, 435-438 |
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Redhammer G J, Amthauer G, Roth G, Tippelt G, Lottermoser W (2006) Single crystal X-ray diffraction and temperature dependent 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy on the hedenbergite - aegirine (Ca,Na)(Fe2+,Fe3+)Si2O6 solid solution, American Mineralogist, 91, 1271-1292 [view file] |
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Nestola F, Tribaudino M, Boffa Ballaran T, Liebske C, Bruno M (2007) The crystal structure of pyroxenes along the jadeite-hedenbergite and jadeite-aegirine joins, American Mineralogist, 92, 1492-1501 [view file] |
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McCarthy A C, Downs R T, Thompson R M, Redhammer G J (2008) In situ high-pressure single-crystal X-ray study of aegirine, NaFe3+Si2O6, and the role of M1 size in clinopyroxene compressibility, American Mineralogist, 93, 1829-1837 [view file] |
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Buzatu A, Buzgar N (2010) The Raman study of single-chain silicates, Analele Stiintifice Ale Universitatii, Al. I. Cuza Iasi Geologie, 56, 107-125 [view file] |
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Nespolo M, Aroyo M I (2016) The modular structure of pyroxenes, European Journal of Mineralogy, 28, 189-203 |
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Estrade G, Salvi S, Béziat D (2018) Crystallization and destabilization of eudialyte-group minerals in peralkaline granite and pegmatite: a case study from the Ambohimirahavavy complex, Madagascar, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 375-399 |
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