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Name: Tvalchrelidzeite RRUFF ID: R061128 Ideal Chemistry: Hg3SbAsS3 Locality: Gomi deposit, Rioni River Valley, Caucacus Mountains, Georgia Source: Michael Scott S105127 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Black submetallic with internal red hints, no distinct crystal forms Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
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RRUFF ID: | R061128.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 11.5526(4)Å b: 4.3852(1)Å c: 15.6373(5)Å alpha: 90° beta: 91.845(2)° gamma: 90° Volume: 791.79(5)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Tvalchrelidzeite | |
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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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Gruzdev V S, Mchedlishvili N M, Terakhova G A, Tsertsvadze Z Y, Chernitsova N M, Shumkova N G (1975) Tvalchrelidzeite, Hg12(Sb,As)8S15, a new mineral from the Gomi arsenic-antimony-mercury deposit, Caucasus, Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 225, 911-913 [view file] |
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Fleischer M, Mandarino J A (1977) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 62, 173-176 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Vanko D A (1989) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 74, 946-951 [view file] |
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Yang H, Downs R T, Costin G, Eichler C M (2007) The crystal structure of tvalchrelidzeite, Hg3SbAsS3, and a revision of its chemical formula, The Canadian Mineralogist, 45, 1529-1533 [view file] |
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Piilonen P C, Poirier G, Tait K T (2008) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 93, 1686-1691 [view file] |
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