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Name: Wendwilsonite RRUFF ID: R050398 Ideal Chemistry: Ca2Mg(AsO4)2·2H2O Locality: Bou Azzer, Morocco Source: Marcus Origlieri Owner: RRUFF Description: Stout prismatic red crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
Mineral Group: [ Roselite (18) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Wendwilsonite samples (10) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R050398.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 5.8113(3)Å b: 12.9078(3)Å c: 5.6321(3)Å alpha: 90.° beta: 107.526(3)° gamma: 90.° Volume: 402.86(2)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Wendwilsonite | |
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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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Keller P, Hess H, Riffel H (1981) Die kristallstrukturen von zwei neuen calcium-zink-arsenat-mineralen von Tsumeb/Nambia, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 156, 70-71 [view file] |
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Dunn P J, Sturman B D, Nelen J A (1987) Wendwilsonite, the Mg analogue of roselite, from Morocco, New Jersey, and Mexico, and new data on roselite, American Mineralogist, 72, 217-221 [view file] |
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Fleck M, Kolitsch U, Hertweck B (2002) Natural and synthetic compounds with kröhnkite-type chains: review and classification, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 217, 435-443 |
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Kolitsch U, Fleck M (2006) Third update on compounds with kröhnkite-type chains: the crystal structure of wendwilsonite [Ca2Mg(AsO4)2·2H2O] and the new triclinic structure of synthetic AgSc(CrO4)2·2H2O and M2Cu(Cr2O7)2·2H2O (M= Rb, Cs), European Journal of Mineralogy, 18, 471-482 |
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Frost R L, Scholz R, López A, Belotti F M, Xi Y (2014) Structural characterization and vibrational spectroscopy of the arsenate mineral wendwilsonite, Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 118, 737-743 |
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