Avicennite R070262


 Name: Avicennite
RRUFF ID: R070262
Ideal Chemistry: Tl2O3
Locality: Thallium Prospect, Little Valley, Tooele County, Utah, USA
Source: Michael Scott S105807 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Grayish black polished crystals on microprobe sample mount.
Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed.
Mineral Group: [ Bixbyite (2) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R070262.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R070262
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 30% of 150mW
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REFERENCES for Avicennite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file]

Karpova K N, Kon’kova E A, Larkin E D, Savel’ev V F (1958) Avicennite - a new mineral, Doklady Akademii Nauk Uzbekistan SSR, 2, 23-26   [view file]

Fleischer M (1959) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 44, 1321-1329   [view file]

Otto H H, Baltrusch R, Brandt H J (1993) Further evidence for TI3+ in TI-based superconductors from improved bond strength parameters involving new structural data of cubic TI2O3, Physica C, 215, 205-208   [link]