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Name: Maricopaite RRUFF ID: R120147 Ideal Chemistry: Ca2Pb7(Si36Al12)O99·n(H2O,OH) Locality: Moon Anchor mine, Hummingbird Spring, Big Horn Mts, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA Source: Bob Jenkins and Ron Gibbs [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Spherical radial aggregates of white bladed crystals associated with yellow mimetite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Mordenite (4) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R120147.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 19.404(5)Å b: 19.698(7)Å c: 7.535(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 2880(1)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Maricopaite | |
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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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Peacor D R, Dunn P J, Simmons W B, Wicks F J, Raudsepp M (1988) Maricopaite, a new hydrated Ca-Pb, zeolite-like silicate from Arizona, The Canadian Mineralogist, 26, 309-313 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Vanko D A (1989) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 74, 946-951 [view file] |
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Rouse R C, Peacor D R (1994) Maricopaite, an unusual lead calcium zeolite with an interrupted mordenite-like framework and intrachannel Pb4tetrahedral clusters, American Mineralogist, 79, 175-184 [view file] |
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Coombs D S, Alberti A, Armbruster T, Artioli G, Colella C, Galli E, Grice J D, Liebau F, Mandarino J A, Minato H, Nickel E H, Passaglia E, Peacor D R, Quartieri S, Rinaldi R, Ross M, Sheppard R A, Tillmanns E, Vezzalini G, (1997) Recommended nomenclature for zeolite minerals: report of the Subcommittee on Zeolites of the International Mineralogical Association, Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 1571-1606 [view file] |
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