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Name: Zincite RRUFF ID: R050419 Ideal Chemistry: ZnO Locality: Sterling Hill, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA Source: Marcus Origlieri Owner: RRUFF Description: Deep red crystal associated with calcite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
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| Mineral Group: [ Wurtzite (20) ] | ||
| Quick search: [ All Zincite samples (3) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R050419.1 | |||||||
| Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 3.25491(8)Å b: 3.25491(8)Å c: 5.2119(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 47.819(2)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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| REFERENCES for Zincite | |
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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 (1845) Zweite Klasse: Geogenide. XI. Ordnung, Erze. I. Zinkerz. Zinkit, in Handbuch der Bestimmenden Mineralogie Bei Braumüller and Seidel Wien 546-555 [view file] |
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Bond W L (1965) Measurement of the refractive indices of several crystals, Journal of Applied Physics, 36, 1674-1677 [view file] |
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Arguello C A, Rousseau D L, Porto S P S (1969) First-order Raman effect in wurtzite-type crystals, Physical Review, 181, 1351-1363 |
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Taylor D (1984) Thermal expansion data: I. Binary oxides with the sodium chloride and wurtzite structures, MO, Transactions and Journal of the British Ceramic Society, 83, 5-9 |
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Donnay G (1985) Structural mechanism of pyroelectricity in zincite ZnO: the relation between anharmonic asymmetric thermal vibrations and the pyroelectric coefficients, The Canadian Mineralogist, 23, 655-658 [view file] |
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Kihara K, Donnay G (1985) Anharmonic thermal vibrations in ZnO, The Canadian Mineralogist, 23, 647-654 [view file] |
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Robie R A, Haselton H T, Hemingway B S (1989) Heat capacites and entropies at 298.15 K of MgTiO3 (geikielite), ZnO (zincite), and ZnCO3 (smithsonite), Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 21, 743-749 |
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Xu Y-N, Ching W Y (1993) Electronic, optical, and structural properties of some wurtzite crystals, Physical Review B - Condensed Matter, 48, 4335-4351 |
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