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|   |   | Name: Bairdite RRUFF ID: R190040 Ideal Chemistry: Pb2Cu2+4Te6+2O10(OH)2(SO4)·H2O Locality: Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona, USA Source: Mike Shannon [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Bright lime green platy crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. | 
| Mineral Group: [ Not in a structural group (133) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R190040.9 | ||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 14.2506(5)Å    b: 5.2487(2)Å    c: 9.5158(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 108.1128(16)° gamma: 90° Volume: 676.476(62)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic | ||||
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| REFERENCES for Bairdite | |
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| American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] | |
| Kampf A R, Mills S J, Housley R M, Rossman G R, Marty J, Thorne B (2013) Lead-tellurium oxysalts from Otto Mountain near Baker, California: X. Bairdite, Pb2Cu42+Te26+O10(OH)2(SO4)(H2O), a new mineral with thick HCP layers, American Mineralogist, 98, 1315-1321 [view file] | |
| Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2013) IMA Commission on new minerals, nomenclature and classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 15. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2012 and 2013, Mineralogical Magazine, 77, 1-12 [view file] | |
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