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Name: Bellingerite RRUFF ID: R050607 Ideal Chemistry: Cu3(IO3)6·2H2O Locality: Chuquicamata, Chile Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Bluish green prismatic crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R050607.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 7.2687(8)Å b: 7.9609(9)Å c: 7.8601(6)Å alpha: 105.049(7)° beta: 93.093(7)° gamma: 96.977(6)° Volume: 434.2(1)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic |
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REFERENCES for Bellingerite | |
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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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Berman H, Wolfe C W (1940) Bellingerite, a new mineral from Chuquicamata, Chile, American Mineralogist, 25, 505-512 [view file] |
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Ghose S, Wan C (1974) Structural chemistry of copper and zinc minerals. II. Stereochemistry of copper(II) and iodine(V) in bellingerite, 3Cu(IO3)2·2H2O, Acta Crystallographica, B30, 965-974 |
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