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Name: Paramontroseite RRUFF ID: R050391 Ideal Chemistry: VO2 Locality: J.J. mine, Buell Canyon District, Montrose County, Colorado, USA Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 1743 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Black massive, radioactive Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
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Mineral Group: [ Ramsdellite (2) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | ||||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R050391.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 4.9009(4)Å b: 9.3839(8)Å c: 2.9080(5)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 133.74(2)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Paramontroseite | |
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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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Evans H T, Block S (1953) The crystal structure of montroseite, a vanadium member of the diaspore group, American Mineralogist, 38, 1242-1250 [view file] |
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Evans H T, Mrose M E (1955) A crystal study of montroseite and paramontroseite, American Mineralogist, 40, 861-875 [view file] |
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Curetti N, Pavese A (2023) Fe-bearing vanadium dioxide-paramontroseite: structural details and high-temperature transformation, European Journal of Mineralogy, 35, 373-382 [view file] |
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