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Name: Fluornatromicrolite RRUFF ID: R130021 Ideal Chemistry: (Na1.5Bi0.5)Ta2O6F Locality: Fisher’s Ledge, Topsham, Maine, USA. Source: Royal Ontario Museum M47080 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Transparent green octahedra on albite Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
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Mineral Groups: [ pyrochlore (28) ] [ microlite (15) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Fluornatromicrolite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R130021.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
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a: 10.470(2)Å b: 10.470(2)Å c: 10.470(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1147.8(1)Å3 Crystal System: cubic |
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REFERENCES for Fluornatromicrolite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Palache C, Gonyer F A (1940) Microlite and stibiotantalite from Topsham, Maine, American Mineralogist, 25, 411-417 [view file] |
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Atencio D, Andrade M B, Christy A G, Gieré R, Kartashov P M (2010) The pyrochlore supergroup of minerals: nomenclature, The Canadian Mineralogist, 48, 673-698 [view file] |
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Andrade M B, Atencio D, Menezes L A D, Ellena J (2011) The crystal structure of a microlite-group mineral with a formula near NaCaTa2O6F from the Morro Redondo mine, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerias, Brazil, The Canadian Mineralogist, 49, 615-621 [view file] |
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Witzke T, Steins M, Doering T, Schuckmann W, Wegner R, Pöllmann H (2011) Fluornatromicrolite, (Na,Ca,Bi)2Ta2O6F, a new mineral species from Quixaba, Paraíba, Brazil, The Canadian Mineralogist, 49, 1105-1110 [view file] |
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Tait K T, Belakovskiy D, Welch M D, Gatta G D, Cámara F (2012) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 97, 1260-1265 [view file] |
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