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Name: Vuonnemite RRUFF ID: R070690 Ideal Chemistry: Na6Na2Nb2Na3Ti(Si2O7)2(PO4)2O2(OF) Locality: Yubileinaya (Yubileinoye; Jubilejnaja) pegmatite, Karnasurt Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia Source: Michael Scott S104792 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Cream colored platy massive associated with pinkish ussingite, light yellow-green sphalerite, and brown elongated tabular serandite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Epistolite (9) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Vuonnemite samples (3) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | |||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R070690.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 5.496(3)Å b: 7.164(4)Å c: 14.463(8)Å alpha: 92.72(2)° beta: 95.21(2)° gamma: 90.62(2)° Volume: 566.4(7)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic |
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REFERENCES for Vuonnemite | |
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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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Bussen I V, Denisov A P, Zabavnikova N I, Kozyreva L V, Men'Shikov Y P, Lipatova E A (1973) Vuonnemite, a new mineral, Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 102, 423-426 [view file] |
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Drozdov Y N, Batalieva N G, Voronkov A A, Kuzmin E A (1974) The crystal structure of Na11Nb2TiSi4P2O25F, Soviet Physics - Doklady, 19, 258-260 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1974) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 59, 873-875 [view file] |
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Ercit T S, Cooper M A, Hawthorne F C (1998) The crystal structure of vuonnemite, Na11Ti4+Nb2(Si2O7)2(PO4)2O3(F,OH), a phosphate-bearing sorosilicate of the lomonosovite group, The Canadian Mineralogist, 36, 1311-1320 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Roberts A C (1999) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 84, 1464-1468 [view file] |
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Sokolova E (2006) From structure topology to chemical composition. I. Structural hierarchy and stereochemistry in titanium disilicate minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 1273-1330 [view file] |
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Rastsvetaeva R K, Aksenov S M, Verin I A, Lykova I S (2011) Crystal structure of hydrogen-bearing vuonnemite from the Lovozero alkaline massif, Crystallography Reports, 56, 407-410 |
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