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Name: Goyazite RRUFF ID: R061054 Ideal Chemistry: SrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6 Locality: Yukon Territory, Canada Source: Royal Ontario Museum M52410 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Pale green rhombohedral crystals with iron staining Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Groups: [ alunite (46) ] [ crandallite (14) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R061054.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 7.017(1)Å b: 7.017(1)Å c: 16.594(4)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 707.8(3)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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REFERENCES for Goyazite | |
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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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Damour A A (1884) Note sur un nouveau phosphate d'alumine et de chaux, des terrains diamantifères, Bulletin de la Société Minéralogique de France, 7, 204-205 [view file] |
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Mrose M E (1953) Palermoite and goyazite, two strontium minerals from the Palermo mine, North Groton, New Hampshire. (Abstract from the 33rd annual meeting of the Mineralogical Society of America), American Mineralogist, 38, 354-354 [view file] |
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McKie D (1962) Goyazite and florencite from two African carbonatites, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 281-297 [view file] |
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Kato T (1971) The crystal structures of goyazite and woodhouseite, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1971, 241-247 |
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Kato T (1987) Further refinement of the goyazite structure, Mineralogical Journal, 13, 390-396 [view file] |
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Jambor J L (1999) Nomenclature of the alunite supergroup, The Canadian Mineralogist, 37, 1323-1341 [view file] |
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Bayliss P, Kolitsch U, Nickel E H, Pring A (2010) Alunite supergroup: recommended nomenclature, Mineralogical Magazine, 74, 919-927 [view file] |
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Rossi M, Rizzi R, Vergara A, Capitelli F, Altomare A, Bellatreccia F, Saviano M, Ghiara R M (2017) Compositional variation of turquoise-group minerals from the historical collection of the Real Museo Mineralogico of the University of Naples, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 1405-1429 |
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