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Name: Alamosite RRUFF ID: R060067 Ideal Chemistry: PbSiO3 Locality: Alamos, Sonora, Mexico Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 16087 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Aggregate of transparent parallel acicular crystals Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
Mineral Group: [ Not in a structural group (133) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R060067.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 11.195(1)Å b: 7.0372(6)Å c: 12.209(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 113.063(6)° gamma: 90° Volume: 884.9(2)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Alamosite | |
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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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Palache C, Merwin H E (1909) Alamosite, a new lead silicate from Mexico, American Journal of Science, 27, 399-401 [view file] |
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Boucher M L, Donald P R (1968) The crystal structure of alamosite, PbSiO3, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 126, 98-111 [view file] |
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Krivovichev S V, Burns P C (2004) Crystal structure of synthetic alamosite Pb[SiO3], Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 133, issue 5 70-76 [view file] |
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Locock A J, Piilonen P C, Ercit T S, Rowe R (2006) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 91, 216-224 [view file] |
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