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Name: Laurelite RRUFF ID: R100011 Ideal Chemistry: Pb7F12Cl2 Locality: Grand Reef mine, Klondyke, Aravaipa District, Graham County, Arizona, USA Source: William W. Pinch [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Both prismatic and acicular colorless crystals associated with aravaipaite R100032 and scotlandite R100043 Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Quick search: [ All Laurelite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R100011.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 10.2654(5)Å b: 10.2654(5)Å c: 3.9792(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 363.14(5)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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REFERENCES for Laurelite | |
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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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Kampf A R, Dunn P J, Foord E E (1989) Grandreefite, pseudograndreefite, laurelite, and aravaipaite: Four new minerals from the Grand Reef mine, Graham County, Arizona, American Mineralogist, 74, 927-933 [view file] |
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Merlino S, Pasero M, Perchiazzi N, Kampf A R (1996) Laurelite: its crystal structure and relationship to α-PbF2, American Mineralogist, 81, 1277-1281 [view file] |
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