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Name: Yeatmanite RRUFF ID: R141001 Ideal Chemistry: Zn6Mn2+9Sb5+2O12(SiO4)4 Locality: 1500 foot level, Sterling mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA Source: Rock Currier [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Thin brown or grey platy crystals, associated with yellow adelite. Twinned by a 2-fold around (001). Previously published structure is probably incorrect. Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Katoptrite (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R141001.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 5.525(1)Å b: 11.625(3)Å c: 9.097(3)Å alpha: 92.43(2)° beta: 101.11(2)° gamma: 76.31(2)° Volume: 557.0(1)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic |
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REFERENCES for Yeatmanite | |
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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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Palache C, Bauer L H, Berman H (1938) Yeatmanite, a new mineral, and sarkinite from Franklin, New Jersey, American Mineralogist, 23, 527-530 [view file] |
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Moore P B (1966) Catoptrite and yeatmanitestuffed pyrochroite structures, American Mineralogist, 51, 1494-1500 [view file] |
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Fleischer M, Jambor J (1977) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 62, 395-397 [view file] |
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Dunn P J, Leavens P B (1980) Yeatmanite: New data, American Mineralogist, 65, 196-199 [view file] |
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Kato T (1986) The crystal structure of yeatmanite, Mineralogical Journal, 13, 53-64 [view file] |
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Nysten P (2003) Yeatmanite and magnussonite from the Garpenberg Norra mine, Bergslagen ore province, Sweden, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 201-206 [view file] |
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