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Name: Rosiaite RRUFF ID: R070384 Ideal Chemistry: PbSb2O6 Locality: Le Cetine mine, Chiusdino, Tuscany, Italy Source: Michael Scott S104750 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Pale yellow thin hexagonal tablets associated with valentinite, clinocervantite, R070385 and tripuhyite, R070383 Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
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RRUFF ID: | R070384.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 5.310(2)Å b: 5.310(2)Å c: 5.387(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 131.55(3)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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REFERENCES for Rosiaite | |
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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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Hill, R J (1987) Structure of PbSb2O6 and its relationship to the crystal chemistry of PbO2 in antimonial lead-acid batteries, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 71, 12-18 [view file] |
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Basso R, Lucchetti G, Zefiro L, Palenzona A (1996) Rosiaite, PbSb2O6, a new mineral from the Cetine mine, Siena, Italy, European Journal of Mineralogy, 8, 487-492 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Roberts A C (1997) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 82, 207-210 [view file] |
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Roper A J, Leverett P, Murphy T D, Williams P A (2015) Stabilities of byströmite, MgSb2O6, ordoñezite, ZnSb2O6 and rosiaite, PbSb2O6, and their possible roles in limiting antimony mobility in the supergene zone, Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 537-544 |
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Roper A J, Leverett P, Murphy T D, Williams P A (2018) The stability of the rare sodium antimonate, brizziite, and it's role in Sb mobility, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 89-93 |
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