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Name: Kleinite RRUFF ID: R150103 Ideal Chemistry: (Hg2N)(Cl,SO4)·nH2O Locality: Terlingua, Brewster Co., Texas, USA Source: William W. Pinch [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Aggregates of orange short hexagonal prismatic crystals, associated with colorless or white prismatic gypsum. Part of the type find. Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed. |
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| REFERENCES for Kleinite | |
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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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Moses A J (1903) Eglestonite, terlinguaite, and montroydite, new mercury minerals from Terlingua, Texas, American Journal of Science, Fourth Series, 16, 253-263 [view file] |
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Sachs A (1905) Der Kleinit, ein hexagonales Quecksilberoxychlorid von Terlingua in Texas, Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1905, 1091-1094 [view file] |
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Giester G, Mikenda W, Pertlik F (1996) Kleinite from Terlingua, Brewster County, Texas: investigations by single crystal X-ray diffraction, and vibrational spectroscopy, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1996, 49-56 |
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