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Name: Hydrokenoralstonite RRUFF ID: R060012 Ideal Chemistry: ◻2Al2F6(H2O) Locality: Ivigtut, Greenland Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 2884 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless octahedral ralstonite stained with iron oxide, associated with thomsenolite Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
Mineral Group: [ pyrochlore (28) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R060012.9 | |||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | |||||
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a: 9.903(2)Å b: 9.903(2)Å c: 9.903(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 971.1(1)Å3 Crystal System: cubic |
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REFERENCES for Hydrokenoralstonite | |
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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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Brush G J (1871) On ralstonite, a new fluoride from Arksut-Fiord, American Journal of Science and Arts, 102, 30-31 [view file] |
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Pabst A (1939) Formula and structure of ralstonite, American Mineralogist, 24, 566-576 [view file] |
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Pauly H (1965) Ralstonite from Ivigtut, South Greenland, American Mineralogist, 50, 1851-1864 [view file] |
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Hitchon B, Holloway L R, Bayliss P (1976) Formation of ralstonite during low-temperature acid digestion of shales, The Canadian Mineralogist, 14, 391-392 [view file] |
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Effenberger H, Kluger F (1984) Ralstonite: a contribution to the knowledge of composition and crystal structure, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1984, 97-108 |
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Rosenberg P E (2006) Stability relations of aluminum hydroxy-fluoride hydrate, a ralstonite-like mineral, in the system AlF3Al2O3H2OHF, The Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 125-134 [view file] |
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Hålenius U, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2016) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 32. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2016, Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 915-922 [view file] |
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Atencio D, Andrade M B, Neto A C B, Pereira V P (2017) Ralstonite renamed hydrokenoralstonite, coulsellite renamed fluornatrocoulsellite, and their incorporation into the pyrochlore supergroup, The Canadian Mineralogist, 55, 115-120 [view file] |
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