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Nekoite from
Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil


Locality type:City
Classification
Species:Nekoite
Formula:Ca3Si6O15 · 7H2O
Comments:Occurs in cavities in basaltic rocks.
Habit:Tufts of prismatic crystals
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Apophyllite Group
Heulandite Subgroup
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Nekoite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:476987
Long-form Identifier:1:3:476987:3
GUID (UUID V4):ad692e0d-eb5b-4d11-9586-977e179411a6
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Nekoite Ca3 Si6 O15 ² 7H2 O ° c 2001 Mineral Data Publishing, ver sion 1.2 Crystal Data: Triclinic... Chemistry: (1) Crestmore, California, USA. (2) Do.; probably slightly dehydrated. (3) Ca 3 Si 6 O15...Association: Brazil). Apophyllite (Crestmore, California, USA); heulandite, apophyllite (Caxias do Sul, Distribution:...district, Graham Co., Arizona. At Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. In the Kochbulak deposit, eastern...Gard, J.A. and H.F.W. Taylor (1956) Okenite and nekoite (a new mineral). Mineral. Mag., 31, 5{20. (2) Chalmers
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Volume 65, pages 1270-1276, 1980 The structure of nekoite, CarSioO'o'7H2O, a new type of sheet silicate ALsenro...Abstract Nekoite, Ca:SLO,, .7 H2Q,is a new type of sheetsilicate.The samplestudied,from Caxias do Sul, Rio...Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, is triclinic, spacegroup Pl, with a:7.588, b : 9.793,c : 7.339L,a: lll.77, F...moleculesoccur outsidethe tetrahedral sheet. Introduction Nekoite is a rare hydrated calcium silicate, first discoveredat...(1956) showedit to be a new species,and named it nekoite. Chalrrrerset al. (1962) and Nicol (1971) have
Book (edition)
Salinas, Peru, H Variscite, xx 5 mm, Iturnbiara, Brazil, H Rhodocbrosite, polished, 50 mm, Capillitas,... China, H Page 1: MuscO\ite. 45 mm, Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 2: Vivianite, I 00 mm, Huanzala, Bolivia...Ethiopia, G Page 12: Brazilianite, 35 mm, Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California...(2.B. acanthite group). Monoclinic, C2/m, a,b,c Rio Blanco County. Colorado. AM. 63. 930-937. 1978. 4...mine. Edwards. St. blue masses at Brumado Bahia, Brazil. At SchneeLawrenceco.. NewYork.andon LakeHarbour
Book (edition)
of detail and complexity required by the format to do of the seventh edition of System was too daunting...Luiz A. D. Menezes: Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. William C. Metropolis: Mineralogical Museum, Harvard...a portion of the unit cell; constraints of space do not always allow showing the true cell repeats or...perspective for their position as shown. Thus they do not show the exact orientation of the center of the...to be widely spaced relative to cleavage and which do not occur everywhere within a specimen. Parting may
Book (edition)
code. AH BA BD BL CB CG CM es: CW DB DE DG DJ DK DM DO DP DS EB EO EE FM GD GG GH GM Arnold Hampson David... All faces or other surfaces on a given mineral do not necessarily exhibit the same luster. Some minerals...more references where all references are inadequate, do not contain good bibliographies, or are in conflict...(cleavelandite). Also in Canada (peristerite), Brazil (cleavelandite), England, Nor- SELECTED REFERENCE:...near Richmond, Massachusetts; and at localities in Brazil, Sardinia, Germany, and Japan. Crystalline allophane
Book (edition)
Tsurneb, Namibia, (lower, right) gold, Amazonas, Brazil All specimens from the collection of Eugene and...Douglas K. Miller DK Arizona-Sonora Desert DM Museum DO = "Donald Olson Delma Perry DP DS David Shannon EB...forth. All faces or other surfaces on a given mineral do not necessarily exhibit the same Juster. Some minerals...more references where all references are inadequate, do not contain good bibliographies, or are in conflict...near Richmond, Massachusetts; and at localities in Brazil, Sardinia, Germany, and Japan. Crystalline allophane
 
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