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Name: Meneghinite RRUFF ID: R070093 Ideal Chemistry: Pb13CuSb7S24 Locality: Kalkar Quarry, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, California, USA Source: James Shigley [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Elongated silver-gray metallic crystals embedded in quartz and associated with calcite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
Mineral Group: [ Meneghinite (7) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Meneghinite samples (2) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | ||||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R070093.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 11.2747(4)Å b: 23.3449(6)Å c: 4.0946(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1077.74(5)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Meneghinite | |
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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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Meneghini G (1852) Mineralogical notes, American Journal of Science and Arts, 14, 60-65 [view file] |
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Euler R, Hellner E (1960) Über komplex zusammengesetzte sulfidische erze VI. Zur kristallstruktur des meneghinits, CuPb13Sb7S24, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 113, 345-372 [view file] |
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Hicks W D, Nuffield E W (1978) Natural and synthetic meneghinite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 16, 393-395 [view file] |
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Makovicky E (1985) The building principles and classification of sulphosalts based on the SnS archetype, Fortschritte der Mineralogie, 63, 45-89 |
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Pruseth K L, Mishra B, Bernhardt H J (1998) Solid solution in the synthetic zinkenite, robsonite and meneghinite in the system Cu2S-PbS-Sb2S3, The Canadian Mineralogist, 36, 207-213 [view file] |
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Berlepsch P, Makovicky E, Balić-unić T (2001) Crystal chemistry of meneghinite homologues and related sulfosalts, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 2001, 115-135 |
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Makovicky E (2019) Algorithms for calculations of homologue order N in the homologous series of sulfosalts, European Journal of Mineralogy, 31, 83-97 |
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