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Name: Arsenolamprite RRUFF ID: R060680 Ideal Chemistry: As Locality: Copiapo, Atacama, Chile Source: Michael Scott S101370 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Black oxidized coating of arsenolite over a group of elongated bladed and platy crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
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Mineral Group: [ Arsenolamprite (3) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R060680.1 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | ||||||
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REFERENCES for Arsenolamprite | |
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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 (1823) Arsenik - Glanz, in Vollstandige Charakteristik des Mineral-Systems Arnoldische Buchhandlung Dresden 129, 250-251 [view file] |
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Hintze C (1886) Ueber Arsenolamprit, Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie, 11, 606-608 [view file] |
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Foshag W F (1928) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 13, 32-34 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1960) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 45, 476-480 [view file] |
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Smith P M, Leadbetter A J, Apling A J (1974) The structures of orthorhombic and vitreous arsenic, Philosophical Magazine, 31, 57-64 |
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Puselj M, Ban Z, Grdenic D (1977) On the Allotropy of Arsenic, Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie, 437, 289-292 |
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Gibbs G V, Wallace A F, Cox D F, Dove P M, Downs R T, Ross N L, Rosso K M (2009) Role of directed van der Waals bonded interactions in the determination of the structures of molecular arsenate solids, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 113, 736-749 [view file] |
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