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Name: Perite RRUFF ID: R060766 Ideal Chemistry: PbBiO2Cl Locality: Blue Bell mine, San Bernardino, California, USA Source: Michael Scott S101246 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Pale straw-yellow granular, associated with fluorite, hemimorphite, quartz and chlorargyrite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Nadorite (3) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R060766.9 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder, using Mo radiation | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 5.5824(9)Å b: 5.586(2)Å c: 12.418(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 387.20(8)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Perite | |
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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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Gillberg M (1960) Perite, a new oxyhalide mineral from Långban, Sweden, Arkiv för Mineralogi och Geologi, 2, 565-570 |
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Fleischer M (1961) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 46, 765-770 [view file] |
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International Mineralogical Association (1962) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 260-263 [view file] |
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Welin E (1968) Notes on the mineralogy of Sweden 6. X-ray powder data for minerals from Långban and the related mineral deposits of Central Sweden, Arkiv för Mineralogi och Geologi, 4, 499-541 |
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