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Name: Carminite RRUFF ID: R061061 Ideal Chemistry: PbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2 Locality: San Nicolas mine, Badajoz Province, Spain Source: Bob Jenkins [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Red prismatic Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
Mineral Group: [ Carminite (8) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Carminite samples (2) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | |||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R061061.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 16.64(2)Å b: 7.640(9)Å c: 12.30(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1565(2)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Carminite | |
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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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Sandberger F (1850) Carminspath, ein neues Mineral aus der Ordnung der Arseniate, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 80, 391-392 [view file] |
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Foshag W F (1937) Carminite and associated minerals from Mapimi, Mexico, American Mineralogist, 22, 479-484 [view file] |
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Moore P B, Araki T (1975) Palermoite, SrLi2[Al4(OH)4(PO4)4]: its atomic arrangement and relationship to carminite, Pb2[Fe4(OH)4(AsO4)4], American Mineralogist, 60, 460-465 [view file] |
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Olmi F, Sabelli C (1995) Carminite from three localities of Sardinia (Italy). Crystal structure refinements, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1995, 553-562 |
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Kharisun, Taylor M R, Bevan D J M, Pring A (1996) The crystal structure of carminite: refinement and bond valence calculations, Mineralogical Magazine, 60, 805-811 [view file] |
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Kampf A R, Adams P M, Mills S J, Nash B P (2016) Crimsonite, PbFe23+(PO4)2(OH)2, the phosphate analogue of carminite from the Silver Coin mine, Valmy, Nevada, USA, Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 925-935 [view file] |
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Yakubovich O V, Kotelnikov A R, Suk N I, Chukanov N V (2016) The novel arsenate Na3Al5O2(OH)2(AsO4)4: crystal structure and topological relations with minerals of the palermoite and carminite-attakolite families, European Journal of Mineralogy, 28, 83-91 |
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