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|   |   | Name: Paradamite RRUFF ID: R050582 Ideal Chemistry: Zn2(AsO4)(OH) Locality: Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 13752 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Groups of tabular pale yellow crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis | 
| Mineral Group: [ Tarbuttite (2) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R050582.1 | |||||||
| Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 5.8259(8)Å    b: 6.7027(3)Å    c: 5.6415(5)Å alpha: 104.343(9)° beta: 92.26(1)° gamma: 76.82(2)° Volume: 207.78(3)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic | |||||||
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| REFERENCES for Paradamite | |
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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] | |
| Fleischer M (1956) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 41, 958-960 [view file] | |
| Switzer G (1956) Paradamite, a new zinc arsenate from Mexico, Science, 123, 1039-1039 | |
| Kato T, Miura Y (1977) The crystal structures of adamite and paradamite, Mineralogical Journal, 8, 320-328 [view file] | |
| Hawthorne F C (1979) Paradamite, Acta Crystallographica, B35, 720-722 | |
| Bennett T J (1980) Crystal structure of paradamite, American Mineralogist, 65, 353-354 [view file] | |
| Jinnouchi S, Yoshiasa A, Sugiyama K, Shimura R, Arima H, Momma H, Miyawaki R (2016) Crystal structure refinements of legrandite, adamite, and paradamite: The complex structure and characteristic hydrogen bonding network of legrandite, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 111, 35-43 | |
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