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Science 18 November 1966:
Vol. 154. no. 3751, pp. 889 - 890
DOI: 10.1126/science.154.3751.889
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Absence of Neutral Alkali Atoms in Rhodizite

Gabrielle Donnay 1, A. N. Thorpe 2, Frank E. Senftle 2, and R. Sioda 3

1 Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, D.C.
2 U.S. Geological Survey, Washington, D.C.
3 Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

The formula CsBl2Be4Al4O28 has been proposed by others for the mineral rhodizite. Electron-spin-resonance and magnetic susceptibility measurements prove the absence of neutral cesium atoms. An ionic formula CsB11Be4Al4O26(OH)2 is proposed.


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LONDONITE, A NEW MINERAL SPECIES: THE Cs-DOMINANT ANALOGUE OF RHODIZITE FROM THE ANTANDROKOMBY GRANITIC PEGMATITE, MADAGASCAR.
W. B. Simmons, F. Pezzotta, A. U. Falster, and K. L. Webber (2001)
Can Mineral 39, 747-755
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