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|   |   | Name: Parasymplesite RRUFF ID: R150137 Ideal Chemistry: Fe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O Locality: Kiura Mine, Oita Pref., Kyushu Island, Japan Source: Jeremie Pfister [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Aggregates of dark-bluish grey euhedral crystals, associated with smoky scorodite. Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. | 
| Mineral Group: [ Vivianite (17) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R150137.9 | ||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 10.3601(43)Å    b: 13.4038(69)Å    c: 4.7585(16)Å alpha: 90° beta: 105.051(19)° gamma: 90° Volume: 638.12(31)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic | ||||
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| REFERENCES for Parasymplesite | |
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| American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] | |
| 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] | |
| Mori H, Ito T (1950) The structure of vivianite and symplesite, Acta Crystallographica, 3, 1-6 | |
| Ito T I, Minato H, Sakurai K (1954) Parasymplesite, a new mineral polymorphous with symplesite, Proceedings of the Japan Academy, 30, 318-324 [view file] | |
| Yagi K, Fleischer M (1955) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 40, 367-370 [view file] | |
| Sturman B D (1976) New data for köttigite and parasymplesite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 14, 437-441 [view file] | |
| Schmetzer K, Tremmel G, Bartelke W (1980) Eine Paragenese seltener Minerale aus Bou-Azzer, Marokko: Parasymplesit, Symplesit, Schneiderhöhnit, Karibibit, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 138, 94-108 | |
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