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Name: Smithsonite RRUFF ID: R040035 Ideal Chemistry: Zn(CO3) Locality: Mazapil, Zacatecas, Mexico Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 3531 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Pale green-blue fine-grained massive Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
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Mineral Group: [ Calcite (36) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Smithsonite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R040035.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
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a: 4.6594(2)Å b: 4.6594(2)Å c: 15.072(2)Å alpha: 90.° beta: 90.° gamma: 120.° Volume: 283.38(4)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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REFERENCES for Smithsonite | |
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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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Beudant F S (1832) Smithsonite, zinc carbonaté, in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie, 2nd Edition Paris 354-357 [view file] |
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Rutt H N, Nicola J H (1974) Raman spectra of carbonates of calcite structure, Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics, 7, 4522-4528 |
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Effenberger H, Mereiter K, Zemann J (1981) Crystal structure refinements of magnesite, calcite, rhodochrosite, siderite, smithonite, and dolomite, with discussion of some aspects of the stereochemistry of calcite type carbonates, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 156, 233-243 [view file] |
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Robie R A, Haselton H T, Hemingway B S (1989) Heat capacites and entropies at 298.15 K of MgTiO3 (geikielite), ZnO (zincite), and ZnCO3 (smithsonite), Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 21, 743-749 |
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Frost R L, Hales M C, Wain D L (2008) Raman spectroscopy of smithsonite, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 39, 108-114 |
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Liu X, Lu X, Liu X, Zhou H (2015) Atomistic simulation on mixing thermodynamics of calcite-smithsonite solid solutions, American Mineralogist, 100, 172-180 |
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Wang M, Shi G, Qin J, Bai Q (2018) Thermal behaviour of calcite-structure carbonates: a powder X-ray diffraction study between 83 and 618 K, European Journal of Mineralogy, 30, 939-949 |
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