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|   |   | Name: Rodalquilarite RRUFF ID: R061063 Ideal Chemistry: H3Fe3+2(Te4+O3)4Cl Locality: Wendy open pit, Tambo mine, El Indio deposit, Elqui Province, Coquimbo Region, Chile Source: Bob Jenkins [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Grass bladed crystals on quartz found with alunite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. | 
| Quick search: [ All Rodalquilarite samples (2) ] | ||
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| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 5.116(3)Å    b: 6.629(5)Å    c: 8.951(6)Å alpha: 73.38(4)° beta: 77.85(4)° gamma: 76.67(4)° Volume: 279.58(6)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic | ||||||
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| REFERENCES for Rodalquilarite | |
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| American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] | |
| 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] | |
| Fleischer M (1968) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 53, 2103-2106 [view file] | |
| Sierra Lopez J, Leal G, Pierrot R, Laurent Y, Protas J, Dusaoy Y (1968) La rodalquilarite, chlorotellurite de fer, une nouvelle espèce minérale, Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie, 91, 28-33 [view file] | |
| Dusausoy Y, Protas J (1969) Determination et etude de la structure cristalline de la rodalquilarite, chlorotellurite acide de fer, Acta Crystallographica, B25, 1551-1558 | |
| Feger C R, Kolis J W, Gorny K, Pennington C (1999) Rodalquilarite revisited: the hydrothermal synthesis and structural reinvestigation of H3Fe2(TeO3)4Cl, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 143, 254-259 | |
| Kampf A R, Mills S J (2011) The role of hydrogen in tellurites: crystal structure refinements of juabite, poughite and rodalquilarite, Journal of Geosciences, 56, 235-247 | |
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