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Name: Retgersite RRUFF ID: R130366 Ideal Chemistry: Ni(SO4)·6H2O Locality: Minas Ragra mine, Pasco, Peru Source: Tom Loomis [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Glassy green crystals on patronite, associated with R130365 minasragrite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Quick search: [ All Retgersite samples (4) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R130366.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 6.7935(5)Å b: 6.7935(5)Å c: 18.316(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 845.32(8)Å3 Crystal System: tetragonal |
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REFERENCES for Retgersite | |
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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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Beevers C A, Lipson H (1932) The crystal structure of nickel sulphate hexahydrate NiSO4·6H2O, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 83, 123-135 [view file] |
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Frondel C, Palache C (1949) Retgersite, NiSO4·6H2O, a new mineral, American Mineralogist, 34, 188-194 [view file] |
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O'Connor B H, Dale D H (1966) A neutron diffraction analysis of the crystal structure of tetragonal nickel sulphate hexadeuterate, Acta Crystallographica, 21, 705-709 |
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Stadnicka K, Glazer A M, Koralewski M (1987) Structure, absolute configuration and optical activity of α-nickel sulfate hexahydrate, Acta Crystallographica, B43, 319-325 |
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Angel R J, Finger L W (1988) Polymorphism of nickel sulfate hexahydrate, Acta Crystallographica, C44, 1869-1873 |
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McIntyre G J, Ptasiewicz-Bak H, Olovsson I (1990) Bonding deformation and superposition effects in the electron density of tetragonal nickel sulfate hexadeuterate NiSO4·6D2O, Acta Crystallographica, B46, 26-39 |
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Ptasiewicz-Bak H, Olovsson I, McIntyre G J (1993) Bonding deformation and superposition in the electron density of tetragonal NiSO4·6H2O at 25 K, Acta Crystallographica, B49, 192-201 |
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Rousseau B, Maes S T, Lenstra A T H (2000) Systematic intensity errors and model imperfection as the consequence of spectral truncation, Acta Crystallographica, A56, 300-307 |
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Shannon R D, Shannon R C, Medenbach O, Fischer R X (2002) Refractive index and dispersion of fluorides and oxides, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 31, 931-970 [view file] |
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