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|   |   | Name: Pseudoboleite RRUFF ID: R050162 Ideal Chemistry: Pb31Cu24Cl62(OH)48 Locality: Margarita mine, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta, Chile Source: Jim McGlasson Owner: RRUFF Description: Blue crust, associated with yellow penfieldite, R050163 Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. | 
| Quick search: [ All Pseudoboleite samples (2) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R050162.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 15.241(3)Å    b: 15.241(3)Å    c: 30.828(9)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 7161(4)Å3 Crystal System: tetragonal | ||||||
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| REFERENCES for Pseudoboleite | |
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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] | |
| Lacroix A (1895) Sur quelques minéraux des mines du Boléo (Basse-Californie), Bulletin du Muséum D'Histoire Naturelle, 1, 39-42 [view file] | |
| Giuseppetti G, Mazzi F, Tadini C (1992) The crystal structure of pseudoboleite: Pb31Cu24Cl62(OH)48; its relations with the structures of boleite and cumengeite, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1992, 113-126 | |
| Jambor J L (1992) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 77, 1305-1309 [view file] | |
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