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Name: Brendelite RRUFF ID: R130059 Ideal Chemistry: (Bi,Pb)2(Fe3+,Fe2+)O2(OH)(PO4) Locality: Güldener Falk mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany Source: William W. Pinch [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Tabular brown crystals, associated with eulytine Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R130059.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 12.328(6)Å b: 3.824(3)Å c: 6.927(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 111.36(3)° gamma: 90° Volume: 304.11(9)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Brendelite | |
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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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Krause W, Bernhardt H J, McCammon C, Effenberger H (1998) Brendelite, (Bi,Pb)2Fe3+,2+O2(OH)(PO4), a new mineral from Schneeberg, Germany: description and crystal structure, Mineralogy and Petrology, 63, 263-277 |
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Jambor J L, Pertsev N N, Roberts A C (1999) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 84, 1195-1198 [view file] |
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