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Name: Pyroaurite RRUFF ID: R100053 Ideal Chemistry: Mg6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O Locality: Langban, Filipstad, Varmland, Sweden Source: William W Pinch [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Pale bluish-green hexagonal tablets embedded in calcite, associated with magnetite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Hydrotalcite (22) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Pyroaurite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R100053.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 3.1111(7)Å b: 3.1111(7)Å c: 23.504(8)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 197.01(6)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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REFERENCES for Pyroaurite | |
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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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Igelström L J (1866) Nya och sällsynta mineralier från Vermlands och Örebro län, Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 1865, 605-611 [view file] |
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Frondel C (1941) Constitution and polymorphism of the pyroaurite and sjögrenite groups, American Mineralogist, 26, 295-315 [view file] |
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Mandarino J A (1966) Abstract of paper presented at the eleventh meeting: Pyroaurite and stichtite from Langmuir Township, Ontario, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 668-669 [view file] |
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Allmann R (1968) The crystal structure of pyroaurite, Acta Crystallographica, B24, 972-977 |
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Welin E (1968) Notes on the mineralogy of Sweden 6. X-ray powder data for minerals from Långban and the related mineral deposits of Central Sweden, Arkiv för Mineralogi och Geologi, 4, 499-541 |
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Taylor H F W (1973) Crystal structures of some double hydroxide minerals, Mineralogical Magazine, 39, 377-389 [view file] |
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Bailey S W (1977) Report of the I.M.A-I.U.Cr. Joint Committee on Nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 62, 411-415 [view file] |
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Mills S J, Christy A G, Génin J -M R, Kameda T, Colombo F (2012) Nomenclature of the hydrotalcite supergroup: natural layered double hydroxides, Mineralogical Magazine, 76, 1289-1336 [view file] |
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