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Name: Anglesite RRUFF ID: R050408 Ideal Chemistry: Pb(SO4) Locality: Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otavi District, Oshikoto, Namibia Source: California Institute of Technology W-13 Owner: RRUFF Description: Pale yellow fragment Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
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Mineral Group: [ Baryte (18) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Anglesite samples (3) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | ||||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R050408.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 6.9614(8)Å b: 8.4787(9)Å c: 5.3985(7)Å alpha: 90.° beta: 90.° gamma: 90.° Volume: 318.64(4)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Anglesite | |
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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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Beudant F S (1832) Anglesite, plomb sulfaté, in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie, 2nd Edition Paris 459-460 [view file] |
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Blount C (1974) Synthesis of barite, celestite, anglesite, witherite, and strontianite from aqueous solutions, American Mineralogist, 59, 1209-1219 [view file] |
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Louisnathan S J, Bloss F D, Korda E J (1978) Measurement of refractive indices and their dispersion, American Mineralogist, 63, 394-400 [view file] |
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Miyake M, Minato I, Morikawa H, Iwai S (1978) Crystal structures and sulphate force constants of barite, celestite, and anglesite, American Mineralogist, 63, 506-510 [view file] |
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Nikolic P M, Mihajlovic P, Todorovic D M (1996) Far infrared and infrared properties of single crystal anglesite, Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 52, 131-137 |
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Jacobsen S D, Smyth J R, Swope R J, Downs R T (1998) Rigid-body character of the SO4 groups in celestine, anglesite and barite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 36, 1053-1060 [view file] |
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Shannon R D, Shannon R C, Medenbach O, Fischer R X (2002) Refractive index and dispersion of fluorides and oxides, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 31, 931-970 [view file] |
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Frost R L, Kloprogge J T, Williams P A (2003) Raman spectroscopy of lead sulphate-carbonate minerals - implications for hydrogen bonding, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 2003, 529-542 |
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Lane M D (2007) Mid-infrared emission spectroscopy of sulfate and sulfate-bearing minerals, American Mineralogist, 92, 1-18 [view file] |
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Buzgar N, Buzatu A, Sanislav I V (2009) The Raman study on certain sulfates, Annalele Stiintifice ale Universitatii, 55, 5-23 [view file] |
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Jehlička J, Vítek P, Edwards H G M, Hargreaves M D, Čapoun T (2009) Fast detection of sulphate minerals (gypsum, anglesite, baryte) by a portable Raman spectrometer, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 40, 1082-1086 |
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Antao S M (2012) Structural trends for celestite (SrSO4), anglesite (PbSO4), and barite (BaSO4): confirmation of expected variations within SO4 groups, American Mineralogist, 97, 661-665 [view file] |
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Kei M F, Markl G (2015) Weathering of galena: mineralogical processes, hydrogeochemical fluid path modeling, and estimation of the growth rate of pyromorphite, American Mineralogist, 100, 1584-1594 |
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Markl G, Keim M F, Bayerl R (2019) Unusual mineral diversity in hydrothermal vein-type deposit: The Clara mine, SW Germany, as a type example, The Canadian Mineralogist, 57, 427-456 |
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