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Piilonen, P. C., McDonald, A. M., Lalonde, A. E. (2003) Insights into astrophyllite-group minerals. II. Crystal chemistry. The Canadian Mineralogist, 41 (1). 27-54 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.41.1.27

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Reference Type	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Title	Insights into astrophyllite-group minerals. II. Crystal chemistry
Journal	The Canadian Mineralogist
Authors	Piilonen, P. C.		Author
	McDonald, A. M.		Author
	Lalonde, A. E.		Author
Year	2003 (February 1)	Volume	41
Page(s)	27-54	Issue	1
Publisher	Mineralogical Association of Canada
Download URL	https://rruff.info/doclib/cm/vol41/CM41_27.pdf +
DOI	doi:10.2113/gscanmin.41.1.27Search in ResearchGate
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Mindat Ref. ID	63770	Long-form Identifier	mindat:1:5:63770:1
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Full Reference	Piilonen, P. C., McDonald, A. M., Lalonde, A. E. (2003) Insights into astrophyllite-group minerals. II. Crystal chemistry. The Canadian Mineralogist, 41 (1). 27-54 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.41.1.27
Plain Text	Piilonen, P. C., McDonald, A. M., Lalonde, A. E. (2003) Insights into astrophyllite-group minerals. II. Crystal chemistry. The Canadian Mineralogist, 41 (1). 27-54 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.41.1.27
In	(2003, February) The Canadian Mineralogist Vol. 41 (1) Mineralogical Association of Canada

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Locality	Citation Details
Poudrette quarry (De-Mix quarry; Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire; MSH), Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Gjerdingselva, Lunner, Akershus, Norway	Sample of kupletskite from Gjerdingselva used in the study

Mineral Pages

Mineral	Citation Details
Astrophyllite
Astrophyllite Supergroup
Zircophyllite

Mineral Occurrences

Locality	Mineral(s)
Poudrette quarry (De-Mix quarry; Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire; MSH), Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada	ⓘ Astrophyllite, ⓘ Kupletskite
Gjerdingselva, Lunner, Akershus, Norway	ⓘ Kupletskite
Eudidymite-Epididymite locality, Vesle Arøya, Larvik Commune, Vestfold, Norway	ⓘ Astrophyllite

👁 Image	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 standardized general formula. The Canadian Mineralogist, 41 (1). 1-26 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.41.1.1
👁 Image	Piilonen, P. C., Lalonde, A. E., McDonald, A. M., Gault, R. A. (2000) Niobokupletskite, a new astrophyllite-group mineral from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada: Description and crystal structure. The Canadian Mineralogist, 38 (3) 627-639 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.38.3.627
👁 Image	*Burns, P. C., Deely, K. M., Hayden, L. A. (2003) The crystal chemistry of the zippeite group. The Canadian Mineralogist, 41 (3). 687-706 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.41.3.687*
👁 Image	PIILONEN, P.C., LALONDE, A.E., MCDONALD, A.M. (1998) The crystal chemistry of astrophyllite-group minerals from Mont Saint-Hilaire. Program with Abstracts, 17th International Mineralogical Association Meeting, Toronto, A108.
👁 Image	*Christiansen, C. C., Johnsen, O., Makovicky, E. (2003) Crystal chemistry of the rosenbuschite group. The Canadian Mineralogist, 41 (5) 1203-1224 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.41.5.1203*
👁 Image	*Tait, K. T., Sokolova, E., Hawthorne, F. C., Khomyakov, A. P. (2003) The crystal chemistry of nepheline. The Canadian Mineralogist, 41 (1) 61-70 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.41.1.61*
👁 Image	*Locock, A. J., Burns, P. C. (2003) The Crystal Structure of Bergenite, a New Geometrical Isomer of the Phosphuranylite Group. The Canadian Mineralogist, 41 (1). 91-101 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.41.1.91*
👁 Image	*Mandarino, Joseph A. (2003) New minerals. The Canadian Mineralogist, 41 (5) 1309-1319 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.41.5.1309*
👁 Image	*Mandarino, Joseph A. (2003) New minerals. The Canadian Mineralogist, 41 (3) 803-828 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.41.3.803*
👁 Image	*Hughes, K.-A., Burns, P. C., Kolitsch, U. (2003) The crystal structure and crystal chemistry of uranosphaerite, Bi(UO2)O2OH. The Canadian Mineralogist, 41 (3) 677-685 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.41.3.677*
👁 Image	Canadian Mineralogist, 36, 779-791.

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