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Name: Mcgovernite RRUFF ID: R110030 Ideal Chemistry: Zn3(Mn2+,Mg,Fe3+,Al)42(As3+O3)2(As5+O4)4[(Si,As5+)O4]8(OH)42 Locality: Sterling Hill mine, Odgensberg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA Source: William W Pinch [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Dark orange-brown micaceous crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
| Mineral Group: [ Hematolite (6) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R110030.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated. There is a strong subcell with 1/6 c (c ~ 33 A). | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 8.191(2)Å b: 8.191(2)Å c: 201.65(9)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 11717(3)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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| REFERENCES for Mcgovernite | |
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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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Palache C, Bauer L H (1927) McGovernite, a new mineral from Sterling Hill, New Jersey, American Mineralogist, 12, 373-374 [view file] |
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Wuensch B J (1960) The crystallography of mcgovernite, a complex arsenosilicate, American Mineralogist, 45, 937-945 [view file] |
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Moore P B, Araki T (1978) Hematolite: a complex dense-packed sheet structure, American Mineralogist, 63, 150-159 [view file] |
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Dunn P J, Nelen J A (1980) Kraisslite and mcgovernite: new chemical data, American Mineralogist, 65, 957-960 [view file] |
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Hawthorne F C (2018) Long-range and short-range cation order in the crystal structures of carlfrancisite and mcgovernite, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 1101-1118 |
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