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|   |   | Name: Nickeltalmessite RRUFF ID: R090023 Ideal Chemistry: Ca2Ni(AsO4)2·2H2O Locality: Ait Ahmane, Bou Azzer, Morocco Source: Wiiliam W. Pinch [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Small pale green to colorless acicular crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. | 
| Mineral Group: [ fairfieldite (16) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R090023.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 5.891(6)Å    b: 6.982(9)Å    c: 5.567(5)Å alpha: 97.45(5)° beta: 108.85(4)° gamma: 108.19(4)° Volume: 199.0(3)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic | ||||||
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| REFERENCES for Nickeltalmessite | |
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| Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M (2008) New minerals approved in 2008, in International Mineralogical Association 1-13 [view file] | |
| Chukanov N V, Mukhanova A A, Möckel S, Belakovskiy D I, Levitskaya L A (2009) Nickeltalmessite, Ca2Ni(AsO4)2·2H2O - a new fairfieldite-group mineral from Bou Azzer, Morocco (abstract), Zapiski Rossiiskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchetstva, 138, issue 4 32-39 [view file] | |
| Chukanov N V, Mukhanova A A, Möckel S, Belakovsky D I, Levitskaya L A (2010) Nickeltalmessite, Ca2Ni(AsO4)2·2H2O, a new mineral species of the fairfieldite group, Bou Azzer, Morocco, Geology of Ore Deposits, 52, 606-611 [view file] | |
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