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Name: Augelite RRUFF ID: R050316 Ideal Chemistry: Al2(PO4)(OH)3 Locality: Rapid Creek, Yukon Territory, Canada Source: Eugene Schlepp Owner: RRUFF Description: Pale green thick prismatic crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
Quick search: [ All Augelite samples (3) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R050316.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 13.1257(6)Å b: 8.0017(3)Å c: 5.0779(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 112.257(3)° gamma: 90° Volume: 493.59(2)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Augelite | |
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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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Blomstrand C W (1868) Om Westanå mineralier, Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 25, 197-212 [view file] |
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Prior G T, Spencer L J (1895) Augelite, Mineralogical Magazine, 11, 16-23 [view file] |
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Conway M (1901) Specimens from Aruro, The Bolivian Andes. A Record of Climbing & Exploration in the Cordillera Real in the Years 1898 and 1900, 1, Harper & Brothers Publishers New York & London 343, 345-346, 351 [view file] |
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Araki T, Finny J J, Zoltai T (1968) The crystal structure of augelite, American Mineralogist, 53, 1096-1103 [view file] |
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Frost R L, Weier M L (2004) Vibrational spectroscopy of natural augelite, Journal of Molecular Structure, 697, 207-211 [link] |
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