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Name: Thometzekite RRUFF ID: R130618 Ideal Chemistry: PbCu2+2(AsO4)2·2H2O Locality: Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia Source: Mark N. Feinglos [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Light blue-green with unidentified deeper green material. Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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| Mineral Group: [ Natrochalcite (13) ] | ||
| Quick search: [ All Thometzekite samples (2) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R130618.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
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a: 9.073(3)Å b: 6.300(2)Å c: 7.657(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 116.94(2)° gamma: 90° Volume: 390.17(6)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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| REFERENCES for Thometzekite | |
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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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Schmetzer K, Nuber B, Mendenbach O (1985) Thometzekite, a new mineral from Tsumeb, Namibia, and symmetry relations in the tsumcorite-helmutwinklerite family, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1985, 446-452 |
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Jambor J L, Bladh K W, Ercit T S, Grice J D, Grew E S (1988) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 73, 927-935 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Grew E S, Roberts A C (1998) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 83, 1347-1352 [view file] |
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Krause W, Belendorff K, Bernhardt H J, McCammon C A, Effenberger H, Mikenda W (1998) Crystal chemistry of the tsumcorite-group minerals. New data on ferrilotharmeyerite, tsumcorite, thometzekite, mounanaite, helmutwinklerite, and a redefinition of gartrellite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 10, 179-206 [view file] |
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Frost R L, Weier M (2004) Raman and infrared spectroscopy of tsumcorite mineral group, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 2004, 317-336 |
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