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Name: Shilovite RRUFF ID: R060941 Ideal Chemistry: Cu(NH3)4(NO3)2 Locality: mine floor near explosive storage, Quebrada Blanca mine, Iquique, Chile Source: Bob Jenkins Owner: RRUFF Description: Purple transparent Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R060941.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 10.859(9)Å b: 23.68(2)Å c: 6.911(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1777(2)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Shilovite | |
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Karovičová M, Maďar J (1960) A contribution to the crystal structure of Cu(NH3)4(NO3)2, Czechoslovak Journal of Physics, 10, 258-258 |
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Morosin B (1976) The crystal structure of copper(II) tetraammine nitrate, Acta Crystallographica, B32, 1237-1240 |
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Bhatia S N, O'Connor C J, Carlin R L, Algra H A, de Jongh L J (1977) Magnetic investigation of Cu(NH3)4(NO3)2, Chemical Physics Letters, 50, 353–357 |
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Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2014) IMA Commission on new minerals, nomenclature and classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 21. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2014, Mineralogical Magazine, 78, 797-804 [view file] |
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Chukanov N V, Britvin S N, Möhn G, Pekov I V, Zubkova N V, Nestola F, Kasatkin A V, Dini M (2015) Shilovite, natural copper(II) tetrammine nitrate, a new mineral species, Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 613-623 [view file] |
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Belakovskiy D I, Cámara F, Gagné O C (2016) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 101, 2355-2360 [view file] |
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