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Name: Holdenite RRUFF ID: R150129 Ideal Chemistry: Mn2+6Zn3(AsO4)2(SiO4)(OH)8 Locality: Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA Source: Marcus Origlieri [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Aggregates of highly irregular pinkish microcrystals, associated with franklinite, willemite, pyrochroite, zincite, and rhodochrosite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R150129.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 12.008(1)Å b: 31.543(3)Å c: 8.6989(7)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 3294.8(6)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Holdenite | |
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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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Palache C, Shannon E V (1927) Holdenite, a new arsenate of manganese and zinc, from Franklin, New Jersey, American Mineralogist, 12, 144-148 [view file] |
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Prewitt-Hopkins J (1949) X-ray study of holdenite, mooreite, and torreyite, American Mineralogist, 34, 589-595 [view file] |
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Moore P B, Araki T (1977) Holdenite, a novel cubic close-packed structure, American Mineralogist, 62, 513-521 [view file] |
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