Name: Alfredopetrovite RRUFF ID: R210014 Ideal Chemistry: Al2(Se4+O3)3·6H2O Locality: El Dragon mine, Potosi, Bolivia Source: Bob Jenkins [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless irregular crystals, intergrown with blue chalcomenite, and colorless massive anglesite, on the matrix of krut'aite. Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction. |
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Mineral Group: [ Not in a structural group (133) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R210014 | ||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 8.848(3) Å b: 8.848(3) Å c: 10.774(4) Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 730.5(4)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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REFERENCES for Alfredopetrovite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Morris R E, Harrison W T A, Stucky G D, Cheetham A K (1991) The syntheses and crystal structures of two novel aluminum selenites, Al2(SeO3)3·6H2O and AlH(SeO3)2·2H2O, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 94, 227-235 |
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Morris R E, Harrison W T A, Stucky G D, Cheetham A K (1992) On the structure of Al2(SeO3)3·6H2O, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 99, 200-200 |
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Hålenius U, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2015) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 26. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2015, Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 941-947 [view file] |
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Belakovskiy D I, Cámara F, Gagné O C (2016) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 101, 2355-2360 [view file] |
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Kampf A R, Mills S J, Nash B P, Thorne B, Favreau G (2016) Alfredopetrovite, a new selenite mineral from the El Dragón mine, Bolivia, European Journal of Mineralogy, 28, 479-484 [view file] |
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