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|   |   | Name: Hentschelite RRUFF ID: R061015 Ideal Chemistry: CuFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2 Locality: Spring Creek Copper mine, South Australia, Australia Source: Michael Scott S102792 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Dark green platy crystals in radial aggregates associated with quartz and malachite Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. | 
| Mineral Group: [ Lazulite (6) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R061015.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 7.03(2)Å    b: 7.84(3)Å    c: 7.33(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 118.18(7)° gamma: 90° Volume: 356.2(8)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic | ||||||
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| REFERENCES for Hentschelite | |
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| American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] | |
| 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] | |
| Sieber N H W, Hofmeister W, Tillmanns E, Abraham K (1984) Neue mineraldaten fur kupferphosphate und -arsenate von Reichenbach/Odw, Fortschritte der Mineralogie, 62, 231-232 | |
| Sieber N H W, Tillmanns E, Hofmeister W (1987) Structure of hentschelite, CuFe2(PO4)2(OH)2, a new member of the lazulite group, Acta Crystallographica, C43, 1855-1857 | |
| Sieber N H W, Tillmanns E, Medenbach O (1987) Hentschelite, CuFe2(PO4)2(OH)2, a new member of the lazulite group, and reichenbachite, Cu5(PO4)2(OH)4, a polymorph of pseudomalachite, two new copper phosphate minerals from Reichenbach, Germany, American Mineralogist, 72, 404-408 [view file] | |
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