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Name: Taramite RRUFF ID: R070238 Ideal Chemistry: Na(NaCa)(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2 Locality: Ilmen Mts, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Urals Region, Russia Source: Michael Scott S105739 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Lustrous black crystals in matrix Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ amphibole (107) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Taramite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R070238.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 9.898(4)Å b: 18.119(8)Å c: 5.355(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 104.78(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 929(2)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Taramite | |
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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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Morozewicz J (1925) Über einige Eisenalkaliamphibole, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 38, 210-222 [view file] |
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Foshag W F (1926) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 11, 216-220 [view file] |
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Hawthorne F C, Grundy H D (1978) The crystal chemistry of the amphiboles. VII. The crystal structure and site chemistry of potassian ferri-taramite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 16, 53-62 [view file] |
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Leake B E (1978) Nomenclature of amphiboles, American Mineralogist, 63, 1023-1052 [view file] |
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Leake B E, Woolley A R, Arps C E S, Birch W D, Gilbert M C, Grice J D, Hawthorne F C, Kato A, Kisch H J, Krivovichev V G, Linthout K, Laird J, Mandarino J A, Maresch W V, Nickel E H, Rock N M S, Schumacher J C, Smith D C, Stephenson N C N, Ungaretti L, Whittaker E J W, Youzhi G (1997) Nomenclature of amphiboles: report of the Subcommittee on Amphiboles of the International Mineralogical Association, Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 219-246 [view file] |
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Oberti R, Boiocchi M, Smith D C, Medenbach O (2007) Aluminotaramite, alumino-magnesiotaramite, and fluoro-alumino-magnesiotaramite: mineral data and crystal chemistry, American Mineralogist, 92, 1428-1435 [view file] |
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