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Name: Eulytine RRUFF ID: R060058 Ideal Chemistry: Bi4(SiO4)3 Locality: Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 16129 Owner: RRUFF Description: Pale-yellow interpenetrant tetrahedral crystals; some transmitting red color of matrix Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
Quick search: [ All Eulytine samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R060058.9 | |||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | |||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 10.2992(9)Å b: 10.2992(9)Å c: 10.2992(9)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1092.5(2)Å3 Crystal System: cubic |
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REFERENCES for Eulytine | |
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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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Breithaupt J F A (1827) Wismuthblende, eine neubestimmte Species der Mineralreichs, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 9, 275-281 [view file] |
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Frondel C (1943) New data on agricolite, bismoclite, koechlinite, and the bismuth arsenates, American Mineralogist, 28, 536-540 [view file] |
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Segal D J, Santoro R P, Newnham R E (1966) Neutron-diffraction study of Bi4Si3O12, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 123, 73-76 [view file] |
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Barbier J, Greedan J E, Asaro T, McCarthy G J (1990) Neutron diffraction study of disorder in eulytite-type Sr3La(PO4)3, European Journal of Solid State and Inorganic Chemistry, 27, 855-867 |
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Foord E E (1996) Clinobisvanite, eulytite, and namibite from the Pala pegmatite district, San Diego Co., California, USA, Mineralogical Magazine, 60, 387-388 [view file] |
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Liu H, Kuo C (1997) Crystal structure of bismuth(III) silicate, Bi4(SiO4)3, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 212, 48-48 |
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Kolitsch U, Götzinger M (2000) Einige Neufunde aus der Grube Clara im mittleren Schwarzwald: Eulytin, Namibit, Volborthit, Gearksutit, Spertiniit, Monazit-(La), Protasit, Sainfeldit, Cyanotrichit und Vauquelinit, Der Erzgräber, 14, 33-47 |
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