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Name: Dufrénoysite RRUFF ID: R070579 Ideal Chemistry: Pb2As2S5 Locality: Lengenbach Quarry, Imfeld, Binnental, Valais, Switzerland Source: James Shigley [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Lead gray metallic prismatic crystals associated with pyrite and dolomite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
Mineral Group: [ Sartorite (5) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R070579.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 7.910(1)Å b: 25.691(6)Å c: 8.344(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90.41(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 1695.5(7)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Dufrénoysite | |
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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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Damour A A (1845) Sur le sulfo-arséniure de plomb du mont Saint-Gothard (Nouvelle espèce minérale), Annales de Chimie et de Physique, 14, 379-383 [view file] |
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Descloizeaux P M (1855) Sur les formes cristallines de la dufrénoysite, Annales des Mines, 5, 389-398 [view file] |
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Marumo F, Nowacki W (1967) The crystal structure of dufrenoysite, Pb16As16S40, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 124, 409-419 [view file] |
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Ribár B, Nicca C, Nowacki W (1969) Dreidimensionale verfeinerung der kristallstruktur von dufrenoysit, Pb8As8S20, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 130, 15-40 [view file] |
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Pring A (1990) Disordered intergrowths in lead-arsenic sulfide minerals and the paragenesis of the sartorite-group minerals, American Mineralogist, 75, 289-294 [view file] |
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Pring A (2001) The crystal chemistry of the sartorite group minerals from Lengenbach, Binntal, Switzerland - a HRTEM study, Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 81, 69-87 |
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Berlepsch P, Armbruster T, Topa D (2002) Structural and chemical variations in rathite, Pb8Pb4-x(Tl2As2)x(Ag2As2)As16S40: modulations of a parent structure, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 217, 581-590 |
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Shimizu M, Ishizaki Y, Honma T, Matsubara S, Miyawaki R (2005) Dufrenoysite and marumoite from the Okoppe mine, Japan, in Mineral Deposit Research: Meeting the Global Challenge. Proceedings of the Eighth Biennial SGA Meeting Beijing, China, 18–21 August 2005. Session 6. Springer Berlin 695-697 [view file] |
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Roth P (2007) Dufrénoysite, in Minerals first discovered in Switzerland and minerals named after Swiss individuals Kristallografik Verlag Achberg Germany 56-57 |
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