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|   | Name: Paravauxite RRUFF ID: R040179 Ideal Chemistry: Fe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O Locality: Mina Siglo XX, Llallagua, Bolivia Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 11446 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless short prismatic crystals in subparallel groups Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis | |
| Mineral Group: [ Laueite (9) ] | ||
| Quick search: [ All Paravauxite samples (4) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R040179.1 | |||||||
| Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 5.2293(9)Å    b: 10.5504(8)Å    c: 6.961(1)Å alpha: 106.85(2)° beta: 110.75(1)° gamma: 72.141(7)° Volume: 334.68(6)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic | |||||||
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| REFERENCES for Paravauxite | |
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| American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] | |
| 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] | |
| Gordon S G (1922) Preliminary notes on vauxite and paravauxite, Science, 56, 50-50 [view file] | |
| Newhouse W H (1922) Notes and News, American Mineralogist, 7, 108-109 [view file] | |
| Fleischer M (1945) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 30, 548-550 [view file] | |
| Gatta G D, Vignola P, Meven M (2014) On the complex H-bonding network in paravauxite, Fe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O: A single-crystal neutron diffraction study, Mineralogical Magazine, 78, 841-850 | |
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