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|   |   | Name: Teineite RRUFF ID: R100206 Ideal Chemistry: Cu2+(Te4+O3)·2H2O Locality: Cole shaft, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA Source: Rob Lavinsky/Evan Jones Owner: RRUFF Description: Blue prismatic, associated with graemite, R100207, and cuprite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. | 
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| RRUFF ID: | R100206.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 6.630(2)Å    b: 9.600(2)Å    c: 7.425(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 472.6(1)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic | ||||||
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| REFERENCES for Teineite | |
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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] | |
| Yosimura T (1939) Teineite, a new tellurate mineral from the Teine mine, Hokkaidō, Japan, Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido Imperial University, Series IV, Geology and Mineralogy, 1939, 465-470 [view file] | |
| Fleischer M (1961) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 46, 464-468 [view file] | |
| Mandarino J A (1964) Mineralogical notes: X-ray powder data for teineite and chalcomenite, American Mineralogist, 49, 1481-1485 [view file] | |
| Effenberger H (1977) Verfeinerung der Kristallstruktur von synthetischem Teineit CuTeO3·2H2O, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 24, 287-298 | |
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