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Name: Erythrite RRUFF ID: R050073 Ideal Chemistry: Co3(AsO4)2·8H2O Locality: Bou Azzer, Morocco Source: Rock Currier Owner: RRUFF Description: Crimson flattened crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
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| Mineral Group: [ Vivianite (17) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R050073.1 | |||||||
| Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 10.273(2)Å b: 13.4342(6)Å c: 4.7543(9)Å alpha: 90.° beta: 105.11(2)° gamma: 90.° Volume: 633.4(1)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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| REFERENCES for Erythrite | |
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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) Érythrine, cobalt arséniaté, in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie, 2nd Edition Paris 596-597 [view file] |
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Faye G H, Nickel E H (1968) The origin of pleochroism in erythrite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 492-504 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Dutrizac J E (1995) Solid solutions in the annabergite - erythrite - hörnesite synthetic system, The Canadian Mineralogist, 33, 1063-1071 [view file] |
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Wildner M, Giester G, Lengauer C L, McCammon C A (1996) Structure and crystal chemistry of vivianite-type compounds: Crystal structures of erythrite and annabergite with a Mössbauer study of erythrite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 8, 187-192 |
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Frost R L, Kloprogge T, Weier M L, Martens W N, Ding Z, Edwards H G H (2003) Raman spectroscopy of selected arsenates - implications for soil remediation, Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 59, 2241-2246 [link] |
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Frost R L, Martens W, Williams P A, Kloprogge J T (2003) Raman spectroscopic study of the vivianite arsenate minerals, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 34, 751-759 [link] |
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Martens W N, Kloprogge J T, Frost R L, Rintoul L (2004) Single crystal Raman study of erythrite, Co3(AsO4)2·8H2O, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 35, 208-216 [link] |
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Capitelli F, Elaatmani M, Lalaoui M D, Piniella J F (2007) Crystal structure of a vivianite-type mineral: Mg-rich erythrite, (Co2.16Ni0.24Mg0.60)(AsO4)2·8H2O, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 222, 676-679 |
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Hazen R M, Hystad G, Golden J J, Hummer D R, Liu C, Downs R T, Morrison S M, Ralph J, Grew E S (2017) Cobalt mineral ecology, American Mineralogist, 102, 108-116 [view file] |
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Ciesielczuk J, Dulski M, Janeczek J, Krzykawski T, Kusz J, Szełęg E (2020) Crystal chemistry of an erythrite-köttigite solid solution (Co3–xZnx) (AsO4)2·8H2O, Minerals, 10, 548 [view file] |
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