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Name: Mawbyite RRUFF ID: R080011 Ideal Chemistry: PbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2 Locality: Tsumeb, Namibia Source: William W. Pinch [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Reddish brown wedge-shaped crystals, many V-twinned, associated with quartz and scorodite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
| Mineral Group: [ Natrochalcite (13) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R080011.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 9.050(5)Å b: 6.277(4)Å c: 7.530(4)Å alpha: 90° beta: 115.20(2)° gamma: 90° Volume: 387.1(5)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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| REFERENCES for Mawbyite | |
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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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Pring A, McBriar E M (1989) Mawbyite, a new arsenate of lead and iron related to tsumcorite and carminite, from Broken Hill, New South Wales, American Mineralogist, 74, 1377-1381 [view file] |
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Kharisun, Taylor M R, Bevan D J M, Rae A D, Pring A (1997) The crystal structure of mawbyite, PbFe2(AsO4)2(OH)2, Mineralogical Magazine, 61, 685-691 [view file] |
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Krause W, Belendorff K, Bernhardt H J, McCammon C A, Effenberger H, Mikenda W (1998) Crystal chemistry of the tsumcorite-group minerals. New data on ferrilotharmeyerite, tsumcorite, thometzekite, mounanaite, helmutwinklerite, and a redefinition of gartrellite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 10, 179-206 [view file] |
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