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Name: Parahopeite RRUFF ID: R050463 Ideal Chemistry: Zn3(PO4)2·4H2O Locality: Broken Hill mine, Kabwe, Zambia Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 13695 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless elongated subparallel aggregate of crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
Mineral Group: [ Parahopeite (2) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | ||||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R050463.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 5.7689(3)Å b: 7.5452(3)Å c: 5.2784(4)Å alpha: 93.446(9)° beta: 91.191(7)° gamma: 91.387(8)° Volume: 229.22(2)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic |
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REFERENCES for Parahopeite | |
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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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Spencer L J (1908) On hopeite and other zinc phosphates and associated minerals from Broken Hill mines, North-Western Rhodesia, Mineralogical Magazine, 15, 1-38 [view file] |
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Chao G Y (1969) Refinement of the crystal structure of parahopeite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 130, 261-266 [view file] |
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Hill R J, Milnes A R (1974) Phosphate minerals from Reaphook Hill, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Mineralogical Magazine, 39, 684-695 [view file] |
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Frost R L (2004) An infrared and Raman spectroscopic study of natural zinc phosphates, Spectrochimica Acta Part A, 60, 1439-1445 |
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