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Name: Cotunnite RRUFF ID: R060655 Ideal Chemistry: PbCl2 Locality: Mount Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy Source: Michael Scott S101165 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless tabular crystals with a melted looking exterior Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
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RRUFF ID: | R060655.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
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a: 9.039(2)Å b: 7.619(1)Å c: 4.5298(6)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 312.0(1)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Cotunnite | |
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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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Monticelli T, Covelli N (1825) Cotunnia (Piombo muriato), in Prodromo della Mineralogia Vesuviana, Volume 1 Napoli 47-52 [view file] |
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Nozik Y Z, Fykin L E, Muradyan L A (1976) Crystal structure of contunnite PbCl2 determined more precisely by application of the neutron diffraction method, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 21, 38-40 |
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Chidester B A, Pardo O S, Fischer R A, Thompson E C, Heinz D L, Prescher C, Prakapenka V B, Campbell A J (2018) High-pressure phase behavior and equations of state of ThO2 polymorphs, American Mineralogist, 103, 749-756 |
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