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Name: Segerstromite RRUFF ID: R130753 Ideal Chemistry: Ca3(As5+O4)2[As3+(OH)3]2 Locality: Cobriza mine, Sacramento District, Copiapó Province, Chile Source: Bob Jenkins Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless tetrahedral crystals, associated with talmessite, vladimirite, and apatite. Type sample Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
Mineral Group: [ Not in a structural group (133) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R130753.9 | ||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 10.7627(2)Å b: 10.7627(2)Å c: 10.7627(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1246.71(4)Å3 Crystal System: cubic |
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REFERENCES for Segerstromite | |
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Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2014) IMA Commission on new minerals, nomenclature and classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 20. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2014, Mineralogical Magazine, 78, 549-558 [view file] |
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Yang H, Downs R T, Jenkins R A, Evans S H (2018) Segerstromite, Ca3(As5+O4)2[As3+(OH)3]2, the first mineral containing As3+(OH)3, the arsenite molecule, from the Cobriza mine in the Atacama Region, Chile, American Mineralogist, 103, 1497–1501 [view file] |
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