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Name: Wöhlerite RRUFF ID: R060086 Ideal Chemistry: Na2Ca4Zr(Nb,Ti)(Si2O7)2(O,F)4 Locality: Langesundfjord, Norway Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 2918 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Yellowish-brown fragment frozen in matrix Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
Mineral Group: [ Wohlerite (11) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Wöhlerite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R060086.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 10.816(2)Å b: 10.239(1)Å c: 7.2907(4)Å alpha: 90° beta: 109.04(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 763.2(1)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Wöhlerite | |
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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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Scheerer T (1843) Ueber den Wöhlerit, eine neue Mineralspecies, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 59, 327-336 [view file] |
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Shibayeva R I, Belov N V (1960) Crystal structure of wöhlerite, Ca2Na(Zr,Nb)Si2O7(O,F)2, Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 146, 897-900 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1961) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 46, 241-244 [view file] |
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Golyshev M, Otroshchenko L P, Simonov V I, Belov N V (1973) Refining the atomic structure of wöhlerite, NaCa2(Zr,Nb)[Si2O7](F,O)2, Soviet Physics - Doklady, 18, 287-289 |
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Mellini M, Merlino S (1979) Refinement of the crystal structure of wöhlerite, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 26, 109-125 |
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Merlino S, Perchiazzi N (1988) Modular mineralogy of the cuspidine group of minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 26, 933-943 [view file] |
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Mariano A N, Roeder P L (1989) Wöhlerite: Chemical composition, cathodoluminescence and environment of crystallization, The Canadian Mineralogist, 27, 709-720 [view file] |
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Chakhmouradian A R, Mitchell R H (2009) Marianoite, a new member of the cuspidine group from the Prairie Lake silicocarbonatite, Ontario: Reply, The Canadian Mineralogist, 47, 1280-1282 [view file] |
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Merlino S, Mellini M (2009) Marianoite, a new member of the cuspidine group from the Prairie Lake silicocarbonatite, Ontario: Discussion, The Canadian Mineralogist, 47, 1275-1279 [view file] |
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Bellezza M, Merlino S, Perchiazzi N (2012) Distinct domains in "guarinite" from Monte Somma, Italy: Crystal structures and crystal chemistry, The Canadian Mineralogist, 50, 531-548 [view file] |
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Biagioni C, Merlino S, Parodi G C, Perchiazzi N (2012) Crystal chemistry of minerals of the wöhlerite group from the Los Archipelago, Guinea, The Canadian Mineralogist, 50, 593-609 [view file] |
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Dal Bo F, Friis H, Mills S J (2022) Nomenclature of wöhlerite group minerals, Mineralogical Magazine, 86, 661-676 |
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