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Name: Zavaritskite RRUFF ID: R070488 Ideal Chemistry: BiOF Locality: Moldava, Dubí, Krusné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Ústí Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic Source: Michael Scott S103068 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Dark gray submetallic massive Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed. |
Mineral Group: [ Matlockite (3) ] |
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REFERENCES for Zavaritskite | |
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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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Dolomanova E I, Senderova V M, Yanchenko M T (1962) Zavaritskite (BiOF), a new mineral of the oxyfluoride group, Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 146, 680-682 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1963) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 48, 209-217 [view file] |
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Aurivillius B (1964) The crystal structure of bismuth oxide fluoride II. A refinement of the previously published structure, Acta Chemica Scandinavica, 18, 1823-1830 |
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International Mineralogical Association (1967) Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 131-136 [view file] |
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Soubeyroux J L, Matar S F, Reau J M, Hagenmuller P (1984) Etude des proprietes structurales et electriques de la solution solide Pb1-xBixOxF2-x, Solid State Ionics, 14, 337-345 |
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Ondru P, Veselovský F, Gabaová A, Hlouek J, rein V, Vavrín I, Skála R, Sejkora J, Drábek M (2003) Primary minerals of the Jáchymov ore district, Journal of the Czech Geological Society, 48, 19-147 [view file] |
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