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Name: Mackayite RRUFF ID: R060592 Ideal Chemistry: Fe3+Te4+2O5(OH) Locality: Lone Pine mine, Lone Pine Hill area, Wilcox District, Catron County, New Mexico, USA Source: Michael Scott S100792 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Greenish-brown octahedral crystals associated with quartz Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
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RRUFF ID: | R060592.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 11.7211(9)Å b: 11.7211(9)Å c: 14.988(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 2059.2(5)Å3 Crystal System: tetragonal |
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REFERENCES for Mackayite | |
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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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Frondel C, Pough F H (1944) Two new tellurites of iron: mackayite and blakeite. with new data on emmonsite and durdenite, American Mineralogist, 29, 211-225 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1945) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 30, 548-550 [view file] |
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Pertlik F (1969) Hydrothermalsynthese, formel und struktur von mackayit, Fe(OH)[Te2O5], Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 13, 219-232 |
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Fleischer M (1970) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 55, 1067-1073 [view file] |
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Pertlik F, Gieren A (1977) Verfeinerung der kristallstruktur von mackayite Fe(OH)[Te2O5], Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1977, 145-154 |
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