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Name: Petedunnite RRUFF ID: R070207 Ideal Chemistry: CaZnSi2O6 Locality: Franklin, New Jersey, USA Source: William W. Pinch [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Dark green fine-grained massive Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
Mineral Group: [ pyroxene (81) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | |||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R070207.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 9.76(1)Å b: 8.96(1)Å c: 5.223(6)Å alpha: 90° beta: 105.57(5)° gamma: 90° Volume: 440.2(6)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Petedunnite | |
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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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Essene E J, Peacor D R (1987) Petedunnite (CaZnSi2O6), a new zinc clinopyroxene from Franklin, New Jersey, and phase equilibria for zincian pyroxenes, American Mineralogist, 72, 157-166 [view file] |
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Morimoto N (1988) Nomenclature of pyroxenes, Mineralogical Magazine, 52, 535-550 [view file] |
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Heuer M, Huber A L, Bromiley G D, Fehr K T, Bente K (2002) Characterization of synthetic hedenbergite (CaFeSi2O6)petedunnite (CaZnSi2O6) solid solution series by X-ray single crystal diffraction, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 32, 552-563 |
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Redhammer G J, Roth G (2005) A comparison of the clinopyroxene compounds CaZnSi2O6 and CaZnGe2O6, Acta Crystallographica, C61, i20-i22 |
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Nestola F, Boffa Ballaran T, Angel RJ, Zhao J, Ohashi H (2010) High-pressure behavior of Ca/Na clinopyroxenes: The effect of divalent and trivalent 3d-transition elements, American Mineralogist, 95, 832-838 |
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Huber A L, Heuss-Aβbichler S, Fehr K T, Bromiley G D (2012) Petedunnite (CaZnSi2O6): stability and phase relations in the system CaO-ZnO-SiO2, American Mineralogist, 97, 739-749 [view file] |
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Gori C, Tribaudino M, Mantovani L, Delmonte D, Mezzadri F, Gilioli E, Calestani G (2015) Ca-Zn solid solutions in C2/c pyroxenes: synthesis, crystal structure, and implications for Zn geochemistry, American Mineralogist, 100, 2209-2218 |
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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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