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Name: Mansfieldite RRUFF ID: R060951 Ideal Chemistry: Al(AsO4)·2H2O Locality: Pampa Larga Mining District, Chile Source: Bob Jenkins [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Sharp pale rose crystals, fairly transparent. Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
Quick search: [ All Mansfieldite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R060951.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 8.818(5)Å b: 9.816(8)Å c: 10.094(9)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 874(2)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Mansfieldite | |
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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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Fleischer M (1947) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 32, 371-374 [view file] |
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Allen V T, Fahey J J, Axelrod J M (1948) Mansfieldite, a new arsenate, the aluminum analogue of scorodite, and the mansfieldite-scorodite series, American Mineralogist, 33, 122-132 [view file] |
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Harrison W T A (2000) Synthetic mansfieldite, AlAsO4·2H2O, Acta Crystallographica, C56, e421-e421 |
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Zoppi M, Pratesi G (2009) Rietveld refinment of a natural cobaltian mansfieldite from synchrotron data, Acta Crystallographica, E65, i6-i7 |
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Majzlan J, Nielsen U G, Dachs E, Benisek A, Drahota P, Kolitsch U, Herrmann J, Bolanz R, Števko M (2018) Thermodynamic properties of mansfieldite (AlAsO4·2H2O), angelellite (Fe4(AsO4)2O3) and kamarizaite (Fe3(AsO4)2(OH)3·3H2O), Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 1333-1354 |
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Mills S J, Christy A G, Favreau G (2018) The crystal structure of ceruleite, CuAl4[AsO4]2(OH)8(H2O)4, from Cap Garonne, France, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 181-187 |
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