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    Fluor-elbaite
    Felb
    Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3F
    Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3F
    Na Li Al Si O B H F
    Bosi F, Andreozzi G B, Skogby H, Lussier A J, Abdu Y, Hawthorne F C (2013) Fluor-elbaite, Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3F, a new mineral species of the tourmaline supergroup. American Mineralogist 98, 297-303  [view file]
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    Bosi F (2018) Tourmaline crystal chemistry. American Mineralogist 103, 298-306  [view file]
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    Bosi F, Andreozzi G B, Skogby H, Lussier A J, Abdu Y, Hawthorne F C (2013) Fluor-elbaite, Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3F, a new mineral species of the tourmaline supergroup. American Mineralogist 98, 297-303  [view file]
    Burns P C, MacDonald D J, Hawthorne F C (1994) The crystal chemistry of manganese-bearing elbaite. The Canadian Mineralogist 32, 31-41  [view file]
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    Grew E S, Bosi F, Ros L, Kristiansson P, Gunter M E (2018) Fluor-elbaite, lepidolite and Ta-Nb oxides from a pegmatite of the 3000 Ma Sinceni Pluton, Swaziland: Evidence for lithium-cesium-tantalum (LCT) pegmatites in the Mesoarchean. European Journal of Mineralogy 30, 205-218  [view file]
    Grice J D, Ercit T S (1993) Ordering of Fe and Mg in the tourmaline crystal structure: The correct formula. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen 165, 245-266  [view file]
    Grice J D, Ercit T S (1993) Ordering of Fe and Mg in the tourmaline crystal structure: The correct formula. Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Abhandlungen 165, 245-266
    Henry D J, Novák M, Hawthorne F C, Ertl A, Dutrow B L, Uher P, Pezzotta F (2011) Nomenclature of the tourmaline-supergroup minerals. American Mineralogist 96, 895-913  [view file]
    Hovis G L, Tribaudino M, Altomare C, Bosi F (2023) Thermal expansion of minerals in the tourmaline supergroup. American Mineralogist 108, 1053-1063  [view file]
    Kolitsch U, Andresen P, Husdal T A, Ertl A, Haugen A, Ellingsen H V, Larsen A O (2013) Tourmaline-group minerals from Norway, part II: Occurrences of luinaite-(OH) in Tvedalen, Larvik and Porsgrunn, and fluor-liddicoatite, fluor-elbaite and fluor-schorl at Ågskardet, Nordland. Norsk Bergverksmuseum Skrift 50, 23-41
    Pieczka A, Ertl A, Gołębiowska B, Jeleń P, Kotowski J, Nejbert K, Stachowicz M, Giester G. (2020) Crystal structure and Raman spectroscopic studies of OH stretching vibrations in Zn-rich fluor-elbaite. American Mineralogist 105, 1622-1630  [view file]
    Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2011) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 11. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2011. Mineralogical Magazine 75, 2887-2893  [view file]