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|   |   | Name: Ottoite RRUFF ID: R130126 Ideal Chemistry: Pb2TeO5 Locality: Grand Central mine, Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona Source: Bob Jenkins [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Clusters of pale yellow-green spear-shaped crystals, in subparallel to divergent intergrowths. Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. | 
| Mineral Group: [ Not in a structural group (133) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R130126.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 7.525(1)Å    b: 5.7119(5)Å    c: 10.865(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 91.31(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 466.88(5)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic | ||||||
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| REFERENCES for Ottoite | |
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| American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] | |
| Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M (2009) New minerals approved in 2009, in International Mineralogical Association 1-34 [view file] | |
| Kampf A R, Housley R M, Mills S J, Marty J, Thorne B (2010) Lead-tellurium oxysalts from Otto Mountain near Baker, California: I. Ottoite, Pb2TeO5, a new mineral with chains of tellurate octahedra, American Mineralogist, 95, 1329-1336 [view file] | |
| Marty J, Kampf A R, Housley R M, Mills S J, Weiβ S (2010) Seltene neue Tellurmineralien aus Kalifornien, Utah, Arizona und New Mexico (USA), Lapis, 35, 42-51; 66 | |
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