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Name: Sonolite RRUFF ID: R070752 Ideal Chemistry: Mn2+9(SiO4)4(OH)2 Locality: Fujii mine, Wakasa, Fukui Prefecture, Chubu Region, Honshu Island, Japan Source: Michael Scott S102664 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Reddish brown, vitreous, massive. Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Humite (21) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R070752.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 4.871(2)Å b: 10.672(3)Å c: 14.307(4)Å alpha: 100.69(2)° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 730.8(3)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Sonolite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Yoshinaga M (1963) Sonolite, a new manganese silicate mineral, Memoirs of the Faculty of Science, Kyushu Imperial University, Series D, 14, 1-21 [view file] |
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International Mineralogical Association (1967) Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 131-136 [view file] |
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Winter G A, Essene E J, Peacor D R (1983) Mn-humites from Bald Knob, North Carolina: Mineralogy and phase equilibria, American Mineralogist, 68, 951-959 [view file] |
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Dunn P J (1985) Manganese humites and leucophoenicites from Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey: Parageneses, compositions, and implications for solid solution limits, American Mineralogist, 70, 379-387 [view file] |
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Kato T, Ito Y, Hashimoto N (1989) The crystal structures of sonolite and jerrygibbsite, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1989, 410-430 |
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Tracy R J, Beard J S (2003) Manganoan kinoshitalite in Mn-rich marble and skarn from Virginia, American Mineralogist, 88, 740-747 [view file] |
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