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Name: Hillite RRUFF ID: R061014 Ideal Chemistry: Ca2Zn(PO4)2·2H2O Locality: Reaphook Hill, South Australia Source: Michael Scott S101281 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless pillow-shaped aggregate associated with colorless bladed scholzite. Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ fairfieldite (16) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R061014.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 5.728(4)Å b: 6.760(5)Å c: 5.457(4)Å alpha: 97.35(4)° beta: 108.63(4)° gamma: 107.26(3)° Volume: 185.3(1)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic |
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REFERENCES for Hillite | |
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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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Yakubovich O V, Massa W, Liferovich R P, Gavrilenko P G, Bogdanova A N, Tuisku P (2003) Hillite, a new member of the fairfieldite group: its description and crystal structure, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 981-988 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Roberts A C (2004) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 89, 467-471 [view file] |
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Mandarino J A (2004) New minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 921-945 [view file] |
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