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Name: Clinocervantite RRUFF ID: R070385 Ideal Chemistry: Sb3+Sb5+O4 Locality: Le Cetine di Cotorniano Mine (Le Cetine Mine; Cetine Mine; Rosia), Chiusdino, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy Source: Michael Scott S104750 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: White acicular crystals in vug associated with valentinite, tripuhyite, R070383, and rosiaite, R070384. Co-type specimen Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
| Mineral Group: [ Clinocervantite (1) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R070385.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
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a: 12.060(8)Å b: 4.828(3)Å c: 5.382(4)Å alpha: 90° beta: 104.60(4)° gamma: 90° Volume: 303.2(1)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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| REFERENCES for Clinocervantite | |
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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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Amador J, Gutierrez-Puebla E, Monge M A, Rasines I, Ruiz-Valero C (1988) Diantimony tetraoxides revisited, Inorganic Chemistry, 27, 1367-1370 |
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Basso R, Lucchetti G, Zefiro L, Palenzona A (1999) Clinocervantite, β-Sb2O4, the natural monoclinic polymorph of cervantite from the Cetine mine, Siena, Italy, European Journal of Mineralogy, 11, 95-100 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Roberts A C (1999) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 84, 1464-1468 [view file] |
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