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Terlinguaite R140878

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Name: Terlinguaite
RRUFF ID: R140878
Ideal Chemistry: Hg2OCl
Locality: Terlingua, Texas, USA
Source: Tom Loomis [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Yellow crystals, associated with red montroydite (R140877)
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
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RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R140878
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 1% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R140878.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 11.958(4)Å    b: 5.910(1)Å    c: 9.470(3)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 105.56(2)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 644.7(2)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
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Calculated diffraction file.

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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Terlinguaite

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]

Turner H W (1900) The Terlingua Mining District, Brewster Co., Texas, Mining and Scientific Press, 81, 64-64   [view file]

Moses A J (1903) Eglestonite, terlinguaite, and montroydite, new mercury minerals from Terlingua, Texas, American Journal of Science, Fourth Series, 16, 253-263   [view file]

Moses A J (1904) Eglestonit, Terlinguaït und Montroydit, neue Quecksilbermineralien von Terlingua in Texas, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 39, 3-13   [view file]

Turner H W (1906) The Terlinqua Quicksilver deposits, Economic Geology, 1, 265-281   [view file]

Aurivillius K, Folkmarson L (1968) The crystal structure of terlinguaite Hg4O2Cl2, Acta Chemica Scandinavica, 22, 2529-2540

Brodersen K, Göbel G, Liehr G (1989) Terlinguait Hg4O2Cl2 - ein Mineral mit ungewöhnlichen Hg3-Baueinheiten, Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie, 575, 145-153