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Poughite R080026
Name: Poughite
RRUFF ID: R080026
Ideal Chemistry: Fe3+2(Te4+O3)2(SO4)·3H2O
Locality: Mina Candelaria, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico
Source: William W. Pinch [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Bright-yellow to honey-yellow drusy crusts associated with green emmonsite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by X-ray diffraction
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R080026
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R080026.9
Sample Description: Powder, using Mo radiation
Cell Refinement Output: a: 9.74(2)Å    b: 14.301(7)Å    c: 7.901(5)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 1100(2)Å3    Crystal System: orthorhombic
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Calculated diffraction file.

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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Poughite

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]

Gaines R V (1968) Poughite, a new tellurite mineral from Mexico and Honduras, American Mineralogist, 53, 1075-1080   [view file]

Pertlik F (1971) Die kristallstruktur von poughit, Fe2[TeO3]2[SO4] · 3H2O, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 15, 279-290

Kampf A R, Mills S J (2011) The role of hydrogen in tellurites: crystal structure refinements of juabite, poughite and rodalquilarite, Journal of Geosciences, 56, 235-247