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Name: Polydymite RRUFF ID: R050609 Ideal Chemistry: Ni2+Ni3+2S4 Locality: Dry Nickel mine, Bindura, South Rhodesia, Rhodesia Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Reddish-bronze tarnished metallic fragment associated with green clinochlore and white actinolite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Spinel (66) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Polydymite samples (2) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | ||||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R050609.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 9.4788(2)Å b: 9.4788(2)Å c: 9.4788(2)Å alpha: 90.° beta: 90.° gamma: 90.° Volume: 851.65(6)Å3 Crystal System: cubic |
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REFERENCES for Polydymite | |
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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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Laspeyres H (1876) Chemische Untersuchungen von Nickelerzen; 1. Polydymit, ein neues Nickelerz, Journal für Praktische Chemie, 122, 397-413 [view file] |
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Lundqvist D (1947) X-ray studies on the binary system Ni-S, Arkiv för Kemi, Mineralogi och Geologi, 24A, issue 21 1-12 |
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Vaughan D J, Craig J R (1985) The crystal chemistry of iron-nickel thiospinels, American Mineralogist, 70, 1036-1043 [view file] |
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Bosi F, Biagioni C, Pasero M (2019) Nomenclature and classification of the spinel supergroup, European Journal of Mineralogy, 31, 183-192 [view file] |
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