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Name: Malhmoodite RRUFF ID: R200009 Ideal Chemistry: Fe2+Zr(PO4)2·4H2O Locality: Scott's R.Q. mine, Custer Co., South Dakota, U.S.A. Source: Tom Loomis [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Yellowish flat lying plates, divergent groups on matrix. Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Malhmoodite (3) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Malhmoodite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R200009 | ||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 5.31200(10)Å b: 9.3419(3) Å c: 9.7062(3)Å alpha: 97.6111(13)° beta: 91.9796(11)° gamma: 90.3628(12)° Volume: 477.10(2)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic |
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REFERENCES for Malhmoodite | |
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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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Milton C, McGee J J, Evans H T (1993) Mahlmoodite, FeZr(PO4)2·4H2O, a new iron zirconium phosphate mineral from Wilson Springs, Arkansas, American Mineralogist, 78, 437-440 [view file] |
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Elton N J, Hooper J J (1995) A second occurrence of malhmoodite, from Cornwall, England, Mineralogical Magazine, 59, 166-168 [view file] |
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Grice J D, Ferraris G (2003) New minerals approved in 2002 and nomenclature modifications approved in 1998-2002 by the Commission on the New Minerals and Mineral Names, International Mineralogical Association, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 795-802 [view file] |
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Yang H, Gu X, Loomis T, Gibbs R B, Downs R T (2022) The crystal structure of malhmoodite from Custer, South Dakota, USA, The Canadian Mineralogist, 60, 485-492 [view file] |
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