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    Ruizite
    Rz
    Ca2Mn3+2Si4O11(OH)4(H2O)2
    Ca2Mn3+2Si4O11(OH)4(H2O)2
    Ca Mn3+ Si O H
    Williams S A, Duggan M (1977) Ruizite, a new silicate mineral from Christmas, Arizona. Mineralogical Magazine 41, 429-432  [view file]
    Chemical formula revised from CaMn(SiO3)2(OH)·2H2O to Ca2Mn3+2Si4O11(OH)4·2H2O:
    Hawthorne F C (1984) The crystal structure of ruizite, a sorosilicate with an [Si4O13] cluster. Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen 33, 135-146
    Chemical formula changed from Ca2Mn3+2Si4O11(OH)4·2H2O to Ca2Mn3+2Si4O11(OH)4(H2O)2:
    Pasero M (2025) The New IMA List of Minerals - A Work in Progress - Updated: November 2025. International Mineralogical Association 2025-11  [view file]
    Williams S A, Duggan M (1977) Ruizite, a new silicate mineral from Christmas, Arizona. Mineralogical Magazine 41, 429-432  [view file]
    Fendrich K V, Downs R T, Origlieri M J (2016) Redetermination of ruizite, Ca2Mn3+2[Si4O11(OH)2](OH)2·2H2O. Acta Crystallographica E72, 959-963  [view file]
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    Dunn P J, Gobel V, Grice J D, Puziewicz J, Shigley J E, Vanko D A, Zilczer J (1985) New mineral names. American Mineralogist 70, 436-441  [view file]
    Fendrich K V, Downs R T, Origlieri M J (2016) Redetermination of ruizite, Ca2Mn3+2[Si4O11(OH)2](OH)2·2H2O. Acta Crystallographica E72, 959-963  [view file]
    Fleischer M, Pabst A, White J S (1978) New mineral names. American Mineralogist 63, 793-796  [view file]
    Hawthorne F C (1984) The crystal structure of ruizite, a sorosilicate with an [Si4O13] cluster. Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen 33, 135-146
    Hîrtopanu P, Dumitras D G, Marincea Ş, Călin N (2022) Inesite, hubeite, ruizite, apophyllite, and manganoan ilvaite from Cavnic, Eastern Carpathians, Romania. Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences 17, 387-400  [view file]
    Moore P B, Shen J, Araki T (1985) Crystal chemistry of the 2∞[M3+2Φ2(TO4)2] sheet: structural principles and crystal structures of ruizite, macfallite and orientite. American Mineralogist 70, 171-181  [view file]
    Pasero M (2025) The New IMA List of Minerals - A Work in Progress - Updated: November 2025. International Mineralogical Association 2025-11  [view file]
    Williams S A, Duggan M (1977) Ruizite, a new silicate mineral from Christmas, Arizona. Mineralogical Magazine 41, 429-432  [view file]
    Wilson W E, Dunn P J (1978) The Kalahari manganese field. The Mineralogical Record 9, 137-153