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Name: Zemannite RRUFF ID: R050273 Ideal Chemistry: Mg0.5ZnFe3+(Te4+O3)3·nH2O (3≤n≤4.5) Locality: Mina Bambollita, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico Source: Marcus Origlieri Owner: RRUFF Description: Dark reddish-brown hexagonal prisms Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Zemannite (3) ] |
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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS | ||||||||||||
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | |||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R050273.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 9.4145(32)Å b: 9.4154(32)Å c: 7.6617(27)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 588.102(52)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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REFERENCES for Zemannite | |
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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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Mandarino J A, Matzat E, Williams S J (1969) Abstract: Zemannite, a new tellurite mineral from Moctezum, Sonora, Mexico, The Canadian Mineralogist, 10, 139-140 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1970) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 55, 1444-1449 [view file] |
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Mandarino J A, Matzat E, Williams S J (1976) Zemannite, a zinc tellurite from Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico, The Canadian Mineralogist, 14, 387-390 [view file] |
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Miletich R (1995) Crystal chemistry of the microporous tellurite minerals zemannite and kinichilite, Mg0.5[Me2+Fe3+(TeO3)3]4·5H2O, (Me2+=Zn;Mn), European Journal of Mineralogy, 7, 509-523 |
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Cametti G, Churakov S, Armbruster T (2017) Reinvestigation of the zemannite structure and its dehydration behavior: a single-crystal X-ray and atomistic simulation study, European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 53-61 |
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Missen O P, Mills S J, Spratt J, Birch W D, Brugger J (2019) Crystal chemistry of zemannite-type structures: I. A re-examination of zemannite from Moctezuma, Mexico, European Journal of Mineralogy, 31, 519-527 [view file] |
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Missen O P, Mills S J, Spratt J (2019) Crystal chemistry of zemannite-type structures: II. Synthetic sodium zemannite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 31, 529-536 [view file] |
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Effenberger H S, Ende M, Miletich R (2023) New insights into the crystal chemistry of zemannite: Trigonal rather than hexagonal symmetry due to ordering within the host-guest structure, Mineralogy and Petrology, 117, 117-131 [view file] |
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