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Name: Teineite RRUFF ID: R100206 Ideal Chemistry: Cu2+(Te4+O3)·2H2O Locality: Cole shaft, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA Source: Rob Lavinsky/Evan Jones Owner: RRUFF Description: Blue prismatic, associated with graemite, R100207, and cuprite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R100206.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 6.630(2)Å b: 9.600(2)Å c: 7.425(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 472.6(1)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Teineite | |
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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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Yosimura T (1939) Teineite, a new tellurate mineral from the Teine mine, Hokkaidō, Japan, Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido Imperial University, Series IV, Geology and Mineralogy, 1939, 465-470 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1961) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 46, 464-468 [view file] |
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Mandarino J A (1964) Mineralogical notes: X-ray powder data for teineite and chalcomenite, American Mineralogist, 49, 1481-1485 [view file] |
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Effenberger H (1977) Verfeinerung der Kristallstruktur von synthetischem Teineit CuTeO3·2H2O, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 24, 287-298 |
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