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Name: Schreibersite RRUFF ID: R070239 Ideal Chemistry: (Fe,Ni)3P Locality: Sao Juliao de Moreira meteorite, Ponte de Lima, Viana do Castelo district, Portugal Source: Michael Scott S103722 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Silvery fragments with slightly brassy luster, co-type specimen Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R070239.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 9.0786(3)Å b: 9.0786(3)Å c: 4.4634(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 367.87(2)Å3 Crystal System: tetragonal |
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REFERENCES for Schreibersite | |
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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 (1848) Versammlung, am 16. Juli, Berichte Über die Mittheilungen von Freunden der Naturwissenschaften in Wien, 3, 65-83 [view file] |
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Chao E C T, Dwornik E J, Littler J (1964) New data on the nickeliron spherules from southeast Asian tektites and their implications, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 28, 971-980 |
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Reed S J B (1965) Electron-probe microanalysis of schreibersite and rhabdite in iron meteorites, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 29, 513-534 |
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Doenitz F D (1970) Die kristallstruktur des meteoritischen rhabdits (Fe,Ni)3P, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 131, 222-236 [view file] |
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Wasson J T, Wai C M (1970) Composition of the metal, schreibersite and perryite of enstatite achondrites and the origin of enstatite chondrites and achondrites, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 34, 169-184 |
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Cervelle B, Gasperin M, Jeanrot R, Sandrea A (1974) Contribution à l'étude du fer météorique de Morasko (Pologne), Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie, 97, 40-47 [view file] |
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Skála R, Císařová I (2005) Crystal structure of meteoritic schreibersites: determination of absolute structure, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 31, 721-732 |
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Mikouchi T, Zolensky M, Tachikawa O, Komatsu M, Ivanova M A, Le L, Gounelle M (2006) Electron back-scatter diffraction (EBSD) analysis of two unusual minerals in carbonaceous chondrites, Lunar and Planetary Science, 37, 1855-1855 |
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Gu T, Fei Y, Wu X, Qin S (2016) Phase stabilities and spin transitions of Fe3(S1-xPx) at high pressure and its implications in meteorites, American Mineralogist, 101, 205-210 |
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Britvin S N, Krzhizhanovskaya M G, Zolotarev A A, Gorelova L A, Obolonskaya E V, Vlasenko N S, Shilovskikh V V, Murashko M N (2021) Crystal chemistry of schreibersite, (Fe,Ni)3P, American Mineralogist, 106, 1520-1529 |
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