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Name: Violarite RRUFF ID: R060846 Ideal Chemistry: FeNi2S4 Locality: Perseverance mine, Agnew, Western Australia Source: Michael Scott S100939 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Violet metallic massive Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by chemical analysis |
Mineral Group: [ Spinel (66) ] |
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REFERENCES for Violarite | |
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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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Clarke F W, Catlett C (1889) A platiniferous nickel ore from Canada, American Journal of Science, 137, 372-374 [view file] |
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Lindgren W, Davy W M (1924) Nickel ores from Key West Mine, Nevada, Economic Geology, 19, 309-319 [view file] |
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Karup-Møller S (1968) Secondary violarite and bravoite, English Lake, Manitoba, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 629-643 [view file] |
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Arnold R G, Malik O P (1974) Violarite in some nickel ores from Lynn Lake and Thompson, Manitoba, and Sudbury, Ontário, Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist, 12, 320-326 [view file] |
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Vaughan D J, Craig J R (1985) The crystal chemistry of iron-nickel thiospinels, American Mineralogist, 70, 1036-1043 [view file] |
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Richarson S, Vaughan D J (1989) Surface alteration of pentlandite and spectroscopic evidence for secondary violarite formation, Mineralogical Magazine, 53, 213-222 [view file] |
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Ondru P, Veselovský F, Gabaová A, Hlouek J, rein V, Vavrín I, Skála R, Sejkora J, Drábek M (2003) Primary minerals of the Jáchymov ore district, Journal of the Czech Geological Society, 48, 19-147 [view file] |
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Tenailleau C, Etschmann B, Ibberson R M, Pring A (2006) A neutron powder diffraction study of Fe and Ni distributions in synthetic pentlandite and violarite using 60Ni isotope, American Mineralogist, 91, 1442-1447 [view file] |
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Tenailleau C, Pring A, Etschmann B, Brugger J, Grguric B, Putnis A (2006) Transformation of pentlandite to violarite under mild hydrothermal conditions, American Mineralogist, 91, 706-709 [view file] |
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Bosi F, Biagioni C, Pasero M (2019) Nomenclature and classification of the spinel supergroup, European Journal of Mineralogy, 31, 183-192 [view file] |
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