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Name: Cesbronite RRUFF ID: R080003 Ideal Chemistry: Cu3Te6+O4(OH)4 Locality: Montezuma mine, Sonora, Mexico Source: William Pinch [view label] Owner: William Pinch Description: Green, sharp bipyramidal chisel-shaped crystals, associated with green prismatic jensenite. Holotype specimen Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
| Quick search: [ All Cesbronite samples (2) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R080003.9 | ||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||
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a: 8.64(2)Å b: 11.93(2)Å c: 5.882(6)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 606.2(9)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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| REFERENCES for Cesbronite | |
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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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Williams S A (1974) Cesbronite, a new copper tellurite from Moctezuma, Sonora, Mineralogical Magazine, 39, 744-746 [view file] |
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Fleischer M, Mandarino J A, Chao G Y (1979) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 64, 652-659 [view file] |
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Hålenius U, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2017) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 39. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2017, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 1279-1286 [view file] |
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Missen O P, Mills S J, Welch M D, Spratt J, Rumsey M S, Bircha W D, Brugger J (2018) The crystal structure of cesbronite, Cu3TeO4(OH)4: a novel sheet tellurate topology, Acta Crystallographica, B74, 24-31 |
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