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Name: Reinerite RRUFF ID: R080132 Ideal Chemistry: Zn3(AsO3)2 Locality: 4400 ft. level, Tsumeb, Namibia Source: William W. Pinch [view label] [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless fragment Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | |||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R080132.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 6.095(2)Å b: 14.421(3)Å c: 7.819(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 687.2(2)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Reinerite | |
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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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Geier B H, Weber K (1958) Reinerit Zn3[AsO3]2, ein neues Mineral der Tsumeb Mine Südwestafrika, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1958, 160-167 |
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Fleischer M (1959) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 44, 207-210 [view file] |
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Ghose S, Boving P, LaChappelle W A, Wan C (1977) Reinerite, Zn3(AsO3)2: an arsenite with a novel type of Zn-tetrahedral double chain, American Mineralogist, 62, 1129-1134 [view file] |
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Bahfenne S, Rintoul L, Frost R L (2011) Single-crystal Raman spectroscopy of natural leiteite (ZnAs2O4) and comparison with the synthesised mineral, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 42, 659-666 |
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