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Name: Vladimirivanovite RRUFF ID: R130034 Ideal Chemistry: Na6Ca2[Al6Si6O24](SO4,S3,S2,Cl)2·H2O Locality: Southwestern Baikal region (Irkutsk region), Russia Source: Anatoly Sapozhnikov Owner: Anatoly Sapozhnikov Description: Dark blue to ink-blue, non-uniform and spotty, massive. Associated with lazurite, calcite, afganite, tounkite, phlogopite and marialite. Data from Sapozhnikov et al (2011) Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
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Mineral Groups: [ sodalite (24) ] [ cancrinite-sodalite (37) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R130034.1 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 9.066(1)Å b: 12.875(2)Å c: 38.560(6)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 4500.8(5)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Vladimirivanovite | |
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Sapozhnikov A N, Kaneva E V, Cherepanov D I, Suvorova L F, Levitsky V I, Ivanova L A, Reznitsky L Z (2011) Vladimirivanovite, Na6Ca2[Al6Si6O24](SO4,S3,S2,Cl)2·H2O - a new mineral of the sodalite group, Zapiski Rossiiskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchetstva, 140, issue 5 36-45 [view file] |
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Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2011) IMA Commission on new minerals, nomenclature and classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 8. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2011, Mineralogical Magazine, 75, 289-294 [view file] |
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Belakovskiy D, Smith D G W, Welch M (2013) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 98, 811-815 [view file] |
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