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Name: Derbylite RRUFF ID: R070382 Ideal Chemistry: Fe3+4Ti4+3Sb3+O13(OH) Locality: Buca della Vena Mine, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy Source: Michael Scott S103832 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Black prismatic crystal in barite vug Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R070382.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 7.122(3)Å b: 14.270(6)Å c: 4.968(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 104.69(2)° gamma: 90° Volume: 488.4(1)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Derbylite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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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] |
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Hussak E, Prior G T (1897) On derbylite, a new antimono-titanate of iron, from Tripuhy, Brazil, Mineralogical Magazine, 11, 176-179 [view file] |
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Moore P B, Araki T (1976) Derbylite, Fe43+Ti34+Sb3+O13(OH), Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 126, 292-303 |
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Fleischer M, Jambor J (1977) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 62, 395-397 [view file] |
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Mellini M, Orlandi P, Perchiazzi N (1983) Derbylite from Buca della Vena mine, Apuan Alps, Italy, The Canadian Mineralogist, 21, 513-516 [view file] |
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Biagioni C, Bonaccorsi E, Perchiazzi N, Hålenius U, Zaccarini F (2020) Derbylite and graeserite from the Monte Arsiccio mine, Apuan Alps, Tuscany, Italy: occurrence and crystal-chemistry, Mineralogical Magazine, 84, 766-777 [view file] |
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