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Name: Zincolibethenite RRUFF ID: R060763 Ideal Chemistry: CuZn(PO4)(OH) Locality: Kabwe mine, Kabwe, Zambia Source: Michael Scott S101364 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Pale greenish-blue botryoidal groups of radiating crystals, associated with colorless tarbuttite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
| Mineral Group: [ Andalusite (17) ] | ||
| Quick search: [ All Zincolibethenite samples (2) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R060763.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
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a: 8.335(5)Å b: 8.249(8)Å c: 5.880(6)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 404(1)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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| REFERENCES for Zincolibethenite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Braithwaite R S W, Pritchard R G, Paar W H, Pattrick R A D (2005) A new mineral, zincolibethenite, CuZnPO4OH, a stoichiometric species of specific site occupancy, Mineralogical Magazine, 69, 145-153 [view file] |
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Piilonen P C, Locock A, Grew E S (2005) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 90, 1945-1952 [view file] |
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Williams P A, Leverett P, Birch W D, Hibbs D E, Kilitsch U, Mihajlovic T (2006) Zinc-rich zincolibethenite from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 12, 3-7 [view file] |
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