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Name: Miersite RRUFF ID: R110034 Ideal Chemistry: AgI Locality: Block 2-1, 100 meter level, Rubtsovsk mine, Rudniy Altai Mountains, Russia Source: William W Pinch [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Greenish-yellow massive Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
| Mineral Group: [ Sphalerite (35) ] | ||
| Quick search: [ All Miersite samples (2) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R110034.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 6.412(5)Å b: 6.412(5)Å c: 6.412(5)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 263.60(7)Å3 Crystal System: cubic |
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| REFERENCES for Miersite | |
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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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Spencer L J (1898) Miersite, a cubic modification of native silver iodide, Nature, 57, 574-574 [view file] |
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Burns G, Dacol F H, Shafer M W (1977) Results from Raman spectra of the superionic conductor AgI, Physical Review B, 16, 1416-1425 |
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Millsteed P W (1998) Marshite - miersite solid solution and iodargyrite from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, Mineralogical Magazine, 62, 471-475 [view file] |
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Hull S, Keen D A (1999) Pressure-induced phase transitions in AgCl, AgBr, and AgI, Physical Review B, 59, 750-761 |
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