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Name: Talmessite RRUFF ID: R060369 Ideal Chemistry: Ca2Mg(AsO4)2·2H2O Locality: Gold Hill, Tooele County, Utah, USA Source: Michael Scott S100026 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless saddle-shaped crystals associated with austinite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ fairfieldite (16) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Talmessite samples (3) ] |
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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS | ||||||||||||
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | |||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R060369.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 5.893(7)Å b: 6.97(1)Å c: 5.589(9)Å alpha: 97.31(7)° beta: 109.17(6)° gamma: 107.85(6)° Volume: 199.7(2)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic |
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REFERENCES for Talmessite | |
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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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Fleischer M (1957) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 42, 580-586 [view file] |
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Bariand P, Herpin P (1960) Un arséniate de calcium et de magnésium, isomorphe de la β rosélite, Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie, 83, 118-121 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1960) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 45, 1313-1317 [view file] |
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Pierrot R (1964) Contribution à la minéralogie des arséniates calciques et calcomagnésiens naturels, Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie, 87, 169-211 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1965) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 50, 805-813 [view file] |
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Catti M, Ferraris G, Ivaldi G (1977) Hydrogen bonding in the crystalline state. Structure of talmessite, Ca2(Mg,Co)(AsO4)2·2H2O, and crystal chemistry of related minerals, Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie, 100, 230-236 [view file] |
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Keller P, Hess H, Riffel H (1981) Die kristallstrukturen von zwei neuen calcium-zink-arsenat-mineralen von Tsumeb/Nambia, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 156, 70-71 [view file] |
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Nickel E H, Mandarino J A (1987) Procedures involving the IMA Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names and guidelines on mineral nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 72, 1031-1042 [view file] |
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Fleck M, Kolitsch U, Hertweck B (2002) Natural and synthetic compounds with kröhnkite-type chains: review and classification, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 217, 435-443 |
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Joswig W, Paulus E F, Liebscher B (2004) Crystal structure of dicalcium (cobalt,magnesium) diarsenate dihydrate, Ca2(Co0.532Mg0.468)[AsO4]2·2H2O, hydrogen bonding in talmessite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 219, 341-342 |
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Frost R L (2009) Raman and infrared spectroscopy of arsenates of the roselite and fairfieldite mineral subgroups, Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 71, 1788-1794 |
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