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Name: Khinite RRUFF ID: R080124 Ideal Chemistry: Cu2+3PbTe6+O6(OH)2 Locality: 400 ft. level, Empire mine, Tombstone, Arizona Source: William W. Pinch [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Aggregates of dark emerald-green hexagonal prismatic crystals, this is the -3T polytype, previously known as parakhinite. Sample was used in the Hawthorne et al (2008) study Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R080124.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 5.758(2)Å b: 5.758(2)Å c: 17.961(4)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 515.66(7)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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REFERENCES for Khinite | |
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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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Williams S A (1978) Khinite, parakhinite, and dugganite, three new tellurates from Tombstone, Arizona, American Mineralogist, 63, 1016-1019 [view file] |
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Cooper M A, Hawthorne F C, Back M E (2008) The crystal structure of khinite and polytypism in khinite and parakhinite, Mineralogical Magazine, 72, 763-770 [view file] |
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Hawthorne F C, Cooper M A, Back M E (2009) Khinite-4O [= khinite] and khinite-3T [= parakhinite], The Canadian Mineralogist, 47, 473-476 [view file] |
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Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M (2009) New minerals approved in 2009, in International Mineralogical Association 1-34 [view file] |
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