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Name: Erikapohlite RRUFF ID: R220044 Ideal Chemistry: (◻0.5Cu0.5)CuCaZn2(AsO4)3·H2O Locality: Tsumeb, Namibia Source: Robert Lavinsky Owner: Robert Lavinsky Description: Blue prismatic crystals Status: unconfirmed |
Mineral Group: [ Alluaudite (22) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R220044 | ||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 12.582(10) Å b: 12.798(12) Å c: 6.869(4) Å alpha: 90° beta: 113.43(4) ° gamma: 90° Volume: 1015(2)Å3 Crystal System: unknown |
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REFERENCES for Erikapohlite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2011) IMA Commission on new minerals, nomenclature and classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 9. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2011, Mineralogical Magazine, 75, 2535-2540 [view file] |
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Schlüter J, Malcherek T, Mihailova B, Gebhard G (2013) The new mineral erikapohlite, Cu3(Zn,Cu,Mg)4Ca2(AsO4)6·2H2O, the Ca-dominant analogue of keyite, from Tsumeb, Namibia, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 190, 319-325 |
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Belakovskiy D I, Cámara F, Gagne O C, Uvarova Y (2015) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 100, 2005-2013 [view file] |
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Hatert F (2019) A new nomenclature scheme for the alluaudite supergroup, European Journal of Mineralogy, 31, 807-822 [view file] |
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