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Name: Hiortdahlite RRUFF ID: R060092 Ideal Chemistry: Na2Ca4(Ca0.5Zr0.5)Zr(Si2O7)2OF3 Locality: Vesuvius, Italy Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 2107 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Tan colored prismatic crystals, variety guarinite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Wohlerite (11) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Hiortdahlite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R060092.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 10.960(2)Å b: 10.902(3)Å c: 7.349(2)Å alpha: 109.39(1)° beta: 109.73(1)° gamma: 83.54(1)° Volume: 779.7(5)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic |
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REFERENCES for Hiortdahlite | |
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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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Brögger W C (1890) Die Mineralien der Syenitpegmatitgänge der Südnorwegischen Augit- und Nephelinsyenite. 44. Hiortdahlit, Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie, 16, 367-377 [view file] |
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Brøgger W C (1890) Vorläufige Mittheilung über den Hiortdahlit, ein neues Mineral von Arö, Norwegen, Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskabena, 31, 232-239 [view file] |
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Aarden H M, Gittins J (1974) Hiortdahlite from Kipawa River, Villedieu Township Temiscaming County, Québec, Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist, 12, 241-247 [view file] |
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Eggleton R A, Halford G E, Beams S D (1979) Hiortdahlite from Jingera, New South Wales, Journal of the Geological Society of Australia, 26, 81-85 |
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Merlino S, Perchiazzi N (1987) The crystal structure of hiortdahlite II, Mineralogy and Petrology, 37, 25-35 |
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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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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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