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Name: Szenicsite RRUFF ID: R100179 Ideal Chemistry: Cu3(MoO4)(OH)4 Locality: Carlota mine, Pinto Creek, Gila, Arizona, USA Source: Joe Ruiz [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Green elongated crystals, associated with blue azurite, pale green thick tabular powellite (R100180) and colorless granular prosopite (R100181). Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Quick search: [ All Szenicsite samples (2) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | |||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R100179.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 8.5353(8)Å b: 12.586(1)Å c: 6.0831(4)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 653.5(1)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Szenicsite | |
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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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Francis C A, Pitman L C, Lange D E (1994) Szenicsite, a new mineral from Tierra Amarilla, Chile, The Mineralogical Record, 25, 76-76 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Grew E S, Roberts A C (1994) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 79, 1210-1214 [view file] |
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Francis C A, Pitman L C, Lange D E (1997) Szenicsite a new copper molybdate from Inca de Oro, Atacama, Chile, The Mineralogical Record, 28, 387-394 [view file] |
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Burns P C (1998) The crystal structure of szenicsite, Cu3MoO4(OH)4, Mineralogical Magazine, 62, 461-469 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Roberts A C (1998) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 83, 400-403 [view file] |
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Stolz J, Armbruster T (1998) X-ray single-crystal structure refinement of szenicsite, Cu3MoO4(OH)4, and its relation to the structure of antlerite, Cu3SO4(OH)4, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1998, 278-288 |
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Thompson R M, Yang H, Downs R T (2012) Packing systematics and structural relationships of the new copper molybdate markascherite and related minerals, American Mineralogist, 97, 1977-1986 [view file] |
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