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Name: Tsaregorodtsevite RRUFF ID: R060033 Ideal Chemistry: N(CH3)4Si4(SiAl)O12 Locality: Yaruta, Man-Hambo Mountain Range, North Urals, Russia Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 16838 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Tan colored pseudo cubo-dodecahedra Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
Mineral Groups: [ sodalite (24) ] [ cancrinite-sodalite (37) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Tsaregorodtsevite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R060033.1 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 8.945(1)Å b: 8.961(1)Å c: 8.969(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 718.90(7)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Tsaregorodtsevite | |
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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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Leoni L, Mellini M, Merlino S, Orlandi P (1979) Cancrinite-like minerals: new data and crystal chemical considerations, Rendiconti della Società Italiana di Mineralogia e Petrologia, 35, 713-719 [view file] |
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Hassan I, Grundy H D (1984) The crystal structures of sodalite-group minerals, Acta Crystallographica, B40, 6-13 |
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Sokolova E V, Rybakov V B, Pautov L A (1991) The crystal structure of a new natural tetramethylammonium aluminosilicate [N(CH3)4][Si2(Si0.5Al0.5)O6]2, Soviet Physics - Doklady, 36, 267-269 [view file] |
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Pautov L A, Karpenko V Y, Sokolova E V, Ignatenko K I (1993) Tsaregorodtsevite N(CH3)4[Si2(Si0.5Al0.5)O6]2 a new mineral, Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 128, issue 1 128-135 [view file] |
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Sokolova E V, Rybakov V B, Pautov L A, Pushcharovskii D Y (1993) Structural changes in tsaregorodtsevite, PhysicsDoklady, 38, 400-402 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Roberts A C, Vanko D A (1994) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 79, 1009-1014 [view file] |
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Sherriff B L, Sokolova E V, Cramer J, Kunath-Fandrei G, Jäger C, Pautov L A (1997) Changes in the crystal structure of tsaregorodtsevite [N(CH3)4][Si2(Si0.5Al0.5)O6]2 on heating, American Mineralogist, 82, 405-415 [view file] |
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