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Name: Selenium RRUFF ID: R060137 Ideal Chemistry: Se Locality: Grants Uranium District, Valencia County, New Mexico, USA Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 11101 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Mass of gray acicular crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
| Mineral Group: [ Sulphur (4) ] | ||
| Quick search: [ All Selenium samples (2) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R060137.1 | |||||||
| Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
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a: 4.3685(3)Å b: 4.3685(3)Å c: 4.961(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 81.99(2)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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| REFERENCES for Selenium | |
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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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Palache C (1934) Contributions to crystallography: Claudetite; minasragrite; samsonite; native selenium; indium, American Mineralogist, 19, 194-205 [view file] |
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Avilov A S, Imamov R M (1969) The structure of selenium, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 14, 259-260 [view file] |
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Auclair G, Fouquet Y, Bohn M (1987) Distribution of selenium in high-temperature hydrothermal sulfide deposits at 13° North, East Pacific Rise, The Canadian Mineralogist, 25, 577-587 [view file] |
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Hattori K H, Arai S, Clarke D B (2002) Selenium, tellurium, arsenic and antimony contents of primary mantle sulfides, The Canadian Mineralogist, 40, 637-650 [view file] |
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Degtyareva O (2010) Crystal structure of simple metals at high pressures, High Pressure Research, 30, 343-371 |
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