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Name: Dyscrasite RRUFF ID: R061043 Ideal Chemistry: Ag3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2) Locality: Uranium mine no. 21, Pribram, Czech Republic Source: Michael Scott S101314 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Metallic silver-white tarnished striated prismatic single crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Allargentum (1) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R061043.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 2.9982(3)Å b: 5.1964(5)Å c: 4.8133(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 74.992(8)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Dyscrasite | |
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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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Beudant F S (1832) Deuxième genre. Antimoniure. Espèce unique. Discrase, in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie, 2nd Edition Paris 613-614 [view file] |
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Seng-jung L, Pinsker Z G (1960) An electron diffraction study of the Ag-Sb system in thin films, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 5, 211-215 [view file] |
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Petruk W, Harris D C, Cabri L J, Stewart J W (1971) Characteristics of the silver-antimony minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 11, 187-195 [view file] |
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Scott J D (1976) Refinement of the crystal structure of dyscrasite, and its implications for the structure of allargentum, The Canadian Mineralogist, 14, 139-142 [view file] |
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Cipriani C, Corazza M, Mazzetti G (1996) Reinvestigation of natural silver antimonides, European Journal of Mineralogy, 8, 1347-1350 |
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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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