Mimetite X060002

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Name: Mimetite
RRUFF ID: X060002
Ideal Chemistry: Pb5(AsO4)3Cl
Locality: Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otavi District, Oshikoto, Namibia
Source: Bob Downs
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Description: Pale yellow transparent hexagonal prisms
Status: The identification of this mineral has been determined only by Raman spectroscopy
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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RRUFF ID: X060002
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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REFERENCES for Mimetite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

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]

Beudant F S (1832) Mimetèse, plomb arséniaté, in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie, 2nd Edition Paris 594-595   [view file]

Fleischer M (1969) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 54, 990-994   [view file]

Ginderow D (1988) Structure cristalline d´un chloro-silico-chromate de plomb, Pb5(CrO4,SiO4)3Cl, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 184, 185-190   [view file]

Dai Y, Hughes J M, Moore P B (1991) The crystal structures of mimetite and clinomimetite, Pb5(AsO4)3Cl, The Canadian Mineralogist, 29, 369-376   [view file]

Frost R L, Crane M, Williams P A, Kloprogge J T (2003) Isomorphic substitution in vanadinite [Pb5(VO4)3Cl]—a Raman spectroscopic study, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 34, 214-220

Pasero M, Kampf A R, Ferraris C, Pekov I V, Rakovan J R, White T J (2010) Nomenclature of the apatite supergroup minerals, European Journal of Mineralogy, 22, 163-179

Flis J, Manecki M, Bajda T (2011) Solubility of pyromorphite Pb5(PO4)3Cl - mimetite Pb5(AsO4)3Cl solid solution series, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 75, 1858-1868