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Name: Minasragrite RRUFF ID: R130365 Ideal Chemistry: V4+O(SO4)·5H2O Locality: Minas Ragra mine, Pasco, Peru Source: Tom Loomis [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Glassy blue crystals on patronite, associated with R130366 retgersite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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Mineral Group: [ Minasragrite (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R130365.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 7.020(1)Å b: 9.787(2)Å c: 12.992(4)Å alpha: 90° beta: 110.85(2)° gamma: 90° Volume: 834.2(3)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Minasragrite | |
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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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Schaller W T (1915) Four new minerals, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 5, 7-7 [view file] |
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Schaller W T (1917) Minasragrite, a hydrous sulphate of vanadium, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 7, 501-503 [view file] |
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Palache C (1934) Contributions to crystallography: Claudetite; minasragrite; samsonite; native selenium; indium, American Mineralogist, 19, 194-205 [view file] |
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Smith M L, Marinenko J (1973) A reexamination of minasragrite, American Mineralogist, 58, 531-534 [view file] |
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Tachez M, Théobald F R, Watson K J, Mercier R (1979) Redétermination de la structure du sulfate de vanadyle pentahydraté VOSO4·5H2O, Acta Crystallographica, B35, 1545-1550 |
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