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Name: Låvenite RRUFF ID: R120044 Ideal Chemistry: (Na,Ca)4(Mn2+,Fe2+)2(Zr,Ti,Nb)2(Si2O7)2(O,F)4 Locality: Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada Source: Donald Doell [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Prismatic yellowish-orange on black amphibole Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Wohlerite (11) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R120044.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 10.784(2)Å b: 9.970(2)Å c: 7.169(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 107.92(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 733.3(1)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Låvenite | |
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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 (1884) Forelöbig meddelelse om to nye norske mineraler, låvenit og cappelenit, Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar, 7, 598-600 [view file] |
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Marble J P, Fleischer M (1941) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 26, 135-136 [view file] |
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Simonov V I, Belov N V (1960) Crystal structure of låvenite, Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 130, 1333-1336 [view file] |
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Mellini M (1981) Refinement of the crystal structure of låvenite, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 28, 99-112 |
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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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Perchiazzi N, McDonald A M, Gault R A, Johnsen O, Merlino S (2000) The crystal structure of normandite and its crystal-chemical relationships with låvenite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 38, 641-648 [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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