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Name: Papagoite RRUFF ID: R040182 Ideal Chemistry: CaCuAlSi2O6(OH)3 Locality: Ajo, Pima County, Arizona, USA Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 10049 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Blue crusty coating Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
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RRUFF ID: | R040182.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 12.9202(6)Å b: 11.490(1)Å c: 4.6956(2)Å alpha: 90.° beta: 100.742(5)° gamma: 90.° Volume: 684.89(4)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Papagoite | |
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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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Hutton C O, Vlisidis A C (1960) Papagoite, a new copper-bearing mineral from Ajo, Arizona, American Mineralogist, 45, 599-611 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1961) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 46, 464-468 [view file] |
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International Mineralogical Association (1962) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 260-263 [view file] |
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Guillebert C, Le Bihan M T (1965) Contribution à l'étude structurale des silicates de cuivre: structure atomique de la papagoïte, Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie, 88, 119-121 [view file] |
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Groat L A, Hawthorne F C (1987) Refinement of the structure of papagoite, CaCuAlSi2O6(OH)3, Mineralogy and Petrology, 37, 89-96 |
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