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Name: Namuwite RRUFF ID: R130173 Ideal Chemistry: Zn4(SO4)(OH)6·4H2O Locality: Trentini mine, Schio, Vincenza, Italy Source: Donald Doell (small piece), Rock Currier (large piece) [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Very pale-green platy crystals, associated with colorless gypsum and green ramsbeckite. Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Ktenasite (6) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R130173.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 8.314(2)Å b: 8.314(2)Å c: 10.541(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 631.0(3)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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REFERENCES for Namuwite | |
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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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Bevins R E, Turgoose S, Williams P A (1982) Namuwite, (Zn,Cu)4SO4(OH)6·4H2O, a new mineral from Wales, Mineralogical Magazine, 46, 51-54 [view file] |
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Fleischer M, Pabst A (1983) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 68, 280-283 [view file] |
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Groat L A (1996) The crystal structure of namuwite, a mineral with Zn in tetrahedral and octahedral coordination, and its relationship to the synthetic basic zinc sulfates, American Mineralogist, 81, 238-243 [view file] |
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Delcheva Z, Stanimirova T, Petrova N (2022) Order of osakaite-namuwite-lahnsteinite formation during alkalization of sulfate solutions, Review of the Bulgarian Geological Society, 83, 51-61 |
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