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Name: Denningite RRUFF ID: R061023 Ideal Chemistry: CaMn2+Te4+4O10 Locality: Bambolla mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico Source: Michael Scott S100389 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Pale green thin platy crystals associated with quartz, tellurium, tellurite, and zemannite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R061023.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
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a: 8.813(1)Å b: 8.813(1)Å c: 13.018(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1011.1(1)Å3 Crystal System: tetragonal |
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REFERENCES for Denningite | |
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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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Fleischer M (1962) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 47, 1482-1485 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1963) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 48, 1413-1421 [view file] |
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Mandarino J A, Williams S J, Mitchell R S (1963) Denningite, a new tellurite mineral from Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico, The Canadian Mineralogist, 7, 443-452 [view file] |
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Walitzi E M (1964) Die kristallstruktur von denningit, (Mn, Ca, Zn)Te2O5, Naturwissenschaften, 51, 334-335 |
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Walitzi E M (1965) Die kristallstruktur von denningit, (Mn,Ca,Zn)Te2O5. Ein beispiel für die koordination um vierwertiges tellur, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 10, 241-255 |
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International Mineralogical Association (1967) Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 131-136 [view file] |
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Miletich R (1993) Copper-substituted manganese-denningites, Mn(Mn1-xCux)(Te2O5)2(0=x=1): synthesis and crystal chemistry, Mineralogy and Petrology, 48, 129-145 |
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Frost R L, Dickfos M J, Keeffe E C (2008) Raman spectroscopic study of the tellurite minerals: rajite and denningite, Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, A71, 1512-1515 |
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