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    Jeffbenite
    Jef
    Mg3Al2Si3O12
    Mg3Al2Si3O12
    Mg Al Si O
    Nestola F, Burnham A D, Peruzzo L, Tauro L, Alvaro M, Walter M J, Gunter M, Anzolini C, Kohn S C (2016) Tetragonal Almandine-Pyrope Phase, TAPP: finally a name for it, the new mineral jeffbenite. Mineralogical Magazine 80, 1219-123
    Hålenius U, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2015) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 24. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2015. Mineralogical Magazine 79, 247-251  [view file]
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    Cámara F, Belakovskiy D I, Uvarova Y (2017) New mineral names. American Mineralogist 102, 916-920  [view file]
    Finger L W, Conrad P G (2000) The crystal structure of "Tetragonal Almandine-Pyrope Phase" (TAPP): A reexamination. American Mineralogist 85, 1804-1807  [view file]
    Hålenius U, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2015) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 24. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2015. Mineralogical Magazine 79, 247-251  [view file]
    Harris J, Hutchison M T, Hursthouse M, Light M, Harte B (1997) A new tetragonal silicate mineral occurring as inclusions in lower-mantle diamonds. Nature 387, 486-488
    Nestola F, Burnham A D, Peruzzo L, Tauro L, Alvaro M, Walter M J, Gunter M, Anzolini C, Kohn S C (2016) Tetragonal Almandine-Pyrope Phase, TAPP: finally a name for it, the new mineral jeffbenite. Mineralogical Magazine 80, 1219-1232  [view file]
    Nestola F, Prencipe M, Belmonte D (2023) Mg3Al2Si3O12 jeffbenite inclusion in super‑deep diamonds is thermodynamically stable at very shallow Earth’s depths. Scientific Reports 13, 1-10  [ URL]