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Name: Sigloite RRUFF ID: R050576 Ideal Chemistry: Fe3+Al2(PO4)2(OH)3·7H2O Locality: Viloco, Bolivia Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 12574 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Tan colored prismatic crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Laueite (9) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R050576.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 5.1792(7)Å b: 10.3959(7)Å c: 7.0171(10)Å alpha: 105.064(6)° beta: 111.334(8)° gamma: 70.771(6)° Volume: 328.05(4)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic |
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REFERENCES for Sigloite | |
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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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Hurlbut C S, Honea R (1962) Sigloite, a new mineral from Llallagua, Bolivia, American Mineralogist, 47, 1-8 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1963) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 48, 433-437 [view file] |
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International Mineralogical Association (1967) Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 131-136 [view file] |
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Hawthorne F C (1988) Sigloite: the oxidation mechanism in [M23+(PO4)2(OH)2(H2O)2]2- structures, Mineralogy and Petrology, 38, 201-211 |
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Jambor J L, Burke E A J (1989) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 74, 1399-1404 [view file] |
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