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Kupletskite-(Cs) R060929

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Name: Kupletskite-(Cs)
RRUFF ID: R060929
Ideal Chemistry: Cs2NaMn2+7Ti2(Si4O12)2O2(OH)4F
Locality: Dara-i-Pioz, Garm region, Tajikistan
Source: Michael Scott S100984 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Brownish yellow foliated sample associated with white quartz and dark aegirine.
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Groups: [ astrophyllite (11) ] [ Kupletskite (2) ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R060929
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060929.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 5.387(2)Å    b: 11.930(4)Å    c: 11.793(5)Å
alpha: 113.17(2)°    beta: 94.68(2)°    gamma: 102.97(2)°   Volume: 666.6(2)Å3    Crystal System: triclinic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Kupletskite-(Cs)

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

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]

Yefimov A F, Dusmatov V D, Ganzeyev A A, Katayeva Z T (1971) Cesium kupletskite, a new mineral, Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR Earth Science Sections, 197, 140-143   [view file]

Yefimov A F, Dusmatov V D, Ganzeyev A A, Katayeva Z T (1971) Tseziykupletskit-novy mineral, Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 197, 1394-1397   [view file]

Fleischer M (1972) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 57, 325-329   [view file]

Piilonen P C, LaLonde A E, McDonald A M, Gault R A, Larsen A O (2003) Insights into astrophyllite–group minerals. I. Nomenclature, composition and development of a standardized general formula, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 1-26   [view file]

Piilonen P C, McDonald A M, LaLonde A E (2003) Insights into astrophyllite–group minerals. II. Crystal chemistry, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 27-54   [view file]

Bayliss P (2007) Cesium kupletskite renamed kupletskite-(Cs), Mineralogical Magazine, 71, 365-367   [view file]

Cámara F, Sokolova E, Abdu Y, Hawthorne F C (2010) The crystal structures of niobophyllite, kupletskite-(Cs) and Sn-rich astrophyllite: Revisions to the crystal chemistry of the astrophyllite-group minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 48, 1-16   [view file]

Cámara F, Sokolova E, Abdu Y, Hawthorne F C (2010) The crystal structures of niobophyllite, kupletskite-(Cs) and Sn-rich astrophyllite: Revisions to the crystal chemistry of the astrophyllite-group minerals: Erratum, The Canadian Mineralogist, 48, 431-431   [view file]

Sokolova E (2012) Further developments in the structure topology of the astrophyllite-group minerals, Mineralogical Magazine, 76, 863-882   [view file]

Sokolova E, Cámara F, Hawthorne F C, Ciriotti M E (2017) The astrophyllite supergroup: nomenclature and classification, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 143-153