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Name: Sahlinite RRUFF ID: R130115 Ideal Chemistry: Pb14O9(AsO4)2Cl4 Locality: Langban, Filipstad, Varmland, Sweden Source: Rock Currier [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Compact aggregate of very pale yellow grains with evident cleavage, associated with black hausmannite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R130115.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 12.727(1)Å b: 22.576(2)Å c: 11.2909(7)Å alpha: 90° beta: 118.584(4)° gamma: 90° Volume: 2848.7(5)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Sahlinite | |
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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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Aminoff G (1934) Note on a new mineral from Långban (Sahlinite), Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar, 56, 493-494 [view file] |
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Foshag W F (1935) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 20, 314-317 [view file] |
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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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Dunn P J, Chao G Y, Fitzpatrick J J, Langley R H, Fleischer M, Zilczer J A (1986) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 71, 227-232 [view file] |
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Bonaccorsi E, Pasero M (2003) Crystal structure refinement of sahlinite, Pb14(AsO4)2O9Cl4, Mineralogical Magazine, 67, 15-21 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Roberts A C (2004) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 89, 467-471 [view file] |
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