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|   |   | Name: Gamagarite RRUFF ID: R130111 Ideal Chemistry: Ba2Fe3+(VO4)2(OH) Locality: Molinello mine, Graveglia Valley, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy Source: Don Doell (Small piece), Rock Currier (Large piece) [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Dark reddish brown massive Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. | 
| Mineral Group: [ Brackebuschite (17) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R130111.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 9.174(1)Å    b: 6.164(1)Å    c: 7.882(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 112.980(7)° gamma: 90° Volume: 410.4(1)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic | ||||||
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| REFERENCES for Gamagarite | |
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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] | |
| de Villiers J E (1943) Gamagarite, a new vanadium mineral from the Postmasburg manganese deposits, American Mineralogist, 28, 329-335 [view file] | |
| Harlow G E, Dunn P J, Rossman G R (1984) Gamagarite: a re-examination and comparison with brackebuschite-like minerals, American Mineralogist, 69, 803-806 [view file] | |
| Basso R, Palenzona A, Zefiro L (1987) Gamagarite: new occurrence and crystal structure refinement, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1987, 295-304 | |
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