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Name: Dietzeite RRUFF ID: R130292 Ideal Chemistry: Ca2(IO3)2(CrO4)·H2O Locality: Maria Elena mine, Atacama Desert, Tocopilla Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile Source: Rock Currier [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Yellow tabular crystals, associated with colorless nitratine Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
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RRUFF ID: | R130292.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 10.1366(7)Å b: 7.2588(6)Å c: 13.983(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 106.607(5)° gamma: 90° Volume: 985.9(2)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Dietzeite | |
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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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Osann A (1894) Krystallographische Untersuchung einiger neuer Chilenischer Mineralien, Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie, 23, 584-589 [view file] |
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Burns P C, Hawthorne F C (1993) The crystal structure of dietzeite, Ca2H2O(IO3)2(CrO4), a heteropolyhedral framework mineral, The Canadian Mineralogist, 31, 313-319 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Grew E S (1994) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 79, 185-189 [view file] |
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