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Name: Söhngeite RRUFF ID: R120117 Ideal Chemistry: Ga(OH)3 Locality: Tsumeb, Namibia Source: William W. Pinch [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Twinned, pale yellow orthorhombic crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Perovskite (44) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | |||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R120117.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 7.467(1)Å b: 7.462(1)Å c: 7.468(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 416.1(2)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Söhngeite | |
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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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Strunz H (1965) Söhngeit, Ga(OH)3, ein neues Mineral, Naturwissenschaften, 52, 493-493 |
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Fleischer M (1966) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 51, 1815-1820 [view file] |
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Scott J D (1971) Crystal structure of a new mineral, söhngeite, American Mineralogist, 56, 355-355 [view file] |
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Mitchell R H, Welch M D, Chakhmouradian A R (2017) Nomenclature of the perovskite supergroup: A hierarchical system of classification based on crystal structure and composition, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 411-461 [view file] |
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