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Name: Kombatite RRUFF ID: R070720 Ideal Chemistry: Pb14O9(VO4)2Cl4 Locality: Kombat mine, Kombat, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia Source: William W. Pinch [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Yellow irregular crystals with perfect cleavage, associated with black jacobsite, R070719 and colorless barysilite, R070651 Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R070720.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 12.692(1)Å b: 22.536(3)Å c: 11.270(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 118.552(7)° gamma: 90° Volume: 2831(1)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Kombatite | |
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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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Rouse R C, Dunn P J, Innes J (1986) Kombatite, the vanadium analogue of sahlinite, from the Kombat mine, South West Africa, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1986, 519-522 |
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Burt D M (1988) Planet Alsioff: A problem set for students of phase equilibria or metamorphic petrology, American Mineralogist, 73, 936-938 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Bladh K W, Ercit T S, Grice J D, Grew E S (1988) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 73, 927-935 [view file] |
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Dunn P J (1991) Rare minerals of the Kombat mine, The Mineralogical Record, 22, 421-425 |
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Cooper M, Hawthorne F C (1994) The crystal structure of kombatite, Pb14(VO4)2O9Cl4, American Mineralogist, 79, 550-554 [view file] |
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