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Name: Jamesonite RRUFF ID: R050432 Ideal Chemistry: Pb4FeSb6S14 Locality: San Jose mine, Oruro District, Bolivia Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 15930 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Grayish black coarse acicular crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
Quick search: [ All Jamesonite samples (4) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R050432.1 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Powder, cell parameters are from single crystal | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 15.745(2)Å b: 19.051(7)Å c: 4.018(6)Å alpha: 90° beta: 91.61(2)° gamma: 90° Volume: 1204.8(5)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Jamesonite | |
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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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Mohs F, Haidinger W (1825) XI. Order. Glance. VII. Antimony-glance. Jamesonite, in Treatise on Mineralogy, or the Natural History of the Mineral Kingdom, Volume 1 Archibald Constable and Co. Edinburgh 451-451 [view file] |
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Rose H (1826) Ueber die chemische Zusammensetzung des Zinkenits und des Jamesonits, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 8, 99-102 [view file] |
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Niizeki N, Buerger M J (1957) The crystal structure of jamesonite, FePb4Sb6S14, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 109, 161-183 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1958) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 43, 1219-1225 [view file] |
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Chang L L Y, Li X, Zheng C (1987) The jamesonite - benavidesite series, The Canadian Mineralogist, 25, 667-672 [view file] |
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Matsushita Y, Ueda Y (2003) Structure and physical properties of 1D magnetic chalcogenide, jamesonite (FePb4Sb6S14), Inorganic Chemistry, 42, 7830-7838 |
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