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      Name: Maxwellite RRUFF ID: R060955 Ideal Chemistry: NaFe3+(AsO4)F Locality: Squaw Creek Tin mine, Catron County, New Mexico, USA Source: Bob Jenkins [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Red prismatic crystals in quartz matrix associated with hematite Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.  | 
| Mineral Group: [ Titanite (17) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R060955.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | 
      a: 6.670(1)Å    b: 8.789(2)Å    c: 7.128(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 114.39(9)° gamma: 90° Volume: 380.6(2)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic  | 
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| REFERENCES for Maxwellite | |
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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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          Foord E E, Hlava P F, Fitzpatrick J J, Erd R C, Hinton R W (1991) Maxwellite and squawcreekite, two new minerals from the Black Range Tin district, Catron County, New Mexico, U.S.A., Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1991, 363-384  | 
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          Jambor J L, Vanko D A (1992) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 77, 446-452 [view file]  | 
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          Cooper M A, Hawthorne F C (1995) The crystal structure of maxwellite, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1995, 97-104  | 
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