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Name: Pyrolusite RRUFF ID: R050361 Ideal Chemistry: MnO2 Locality: Serra do Navio, Amapa, Brazil Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 11514 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Black prismatic crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
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a: 4.4123(5)Å b: 4.4123(5)Å c: 2.8710(8)Å alpha: 90.° beta: 90.° gamma: 90.° Volume: 55.89(2) Crystal System: tetragonal |
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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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Haidinger W (1827) Description of pyrolusite, or prismatic manganese ore, The Edinburgh Journal of Science, 9, 304-309 [view file] |
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Turner E (1828) Chemical examination of the oxides of manganese. Part II. On the composition of the ores of manganese described by Mr. Haidinger, The Philosophical Magazine, 4, 96-104 [view file] |
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Fleischer M, Richmond W E, Evans H T (1962) Studies of the manganese oxides. V. Ramsdellite, MnO2, an orthorhombic dimorph of pyrolusite, American Mineralogist, 47, 47-58 [view file] |
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International Mineralogical Association (1982) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 46, 513-514 [view file] |
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Kohler T, Armbruster T, Libowitzky E (1997) Hydrogen bonding and Jahn-Teller distortion in groutite, α-MnOOH, and manganite, γ-MnOOH, and their relations to the manganese dioxides ramsdellite and pyrolusite, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 133, 486-500 |
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