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Name: Scorodite RRUFF ID: R050465 Ideal Chemistry: Fe3+(AsO4)·2H2O Locality: Minas Gerais, Brazil Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 2449 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Group of blue prismatic to tabular crystals displaying many modifying forms Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
Quick search: [ All Scorodite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R050465.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 10.3227(3)Å b: 8.9510(4)Å c: 10.0356(5)Å alpha: 90.° beta: 90.° gamma: 90.° Volume: 927.29(4)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Scorodite | |
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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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Breithaupt J F A (1818) Gattung M. Skorodit., in Handbuch der Mineralogie von C. A. S. Hoffmann, Volume 4 Craz und Gerlach Freiberg 182-185 [view file] |
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Kiahama K, Kiriyama R, Baba Y (1975) Refinement of the crystal structure of scorodite, Acta Crystallographica, B31, 322-324 [link] |
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Hawthorne F C (1976) The hydrogen positions in scorodite, Acta Crystallographica, B32, 2891-2892 |
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Flemming R L, Salzsauler K A, Sherriff B L, Sidenko N V (2005) Identification of scorodite in fine-grained, high-sulfide, arsenopyrite mine-waste using micro X-ray diffraction (µXRD), The Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 1243-1254 [view file] |
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Xu Y, Zhou G P, Zheng X F (2007) Redetermination of iron(III) arsenate dihydrate, Acta Crystallographica, E63, i67-i69 |
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Paktunc D (2015) Phase transformations in the system Fe-AsO4-SO4 and the structure of amorphous ferric arsenate: Implications for arsenic stabilization in mine drainage and industrial effluents, The Canadian Mineralogist, 53, 921-936 |
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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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Krivovichev S V (2022) Hydrogen bonding in parascorodite and relative stabllity of the Fe(AsO4)·2H2O polymorphs, Zapiski Rossiiskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchetstva, 151, 102-111 [view file] |
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Ma X, Qi F, Gomez M A, Su R, Yan Z, Yao S, Wang S, Jia Y (2022) Spectroscopic study on the local structure of sulfate (SO42–) incorporated in scorodite (FeAsO4·2H2O) lattice: Implications for understanding the Fe(III)-As(V)-SO42–-bearing minerals formation, American Mineralogist, 107, 1840-1849 |
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