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Name: Sainfeldite RRUFF ID: R060273 Ideal Chemistry: Ca5(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)2·4H2O Locality: Grube Gift (Gift mine), Sainte Marie-aux-mines, Alsace, France Source: Michael Scott S100168 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Bladed colorless crystals Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
| Mineral Group: [ Hureaulite (4) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R060273.9 | |||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | |||||
| Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 18.737(6)Å b: 9.775(4)Å c: 10.164(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 96.97(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 1848(1)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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| REFERENCES for Sainfeldite | |
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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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Pierrot R (1964) Contribution à la minéralogie des arséniates calciques et calcomagnésiens naturels, Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie, 87, 169-211 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1965) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 50, 805-813 [view file] |
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Ferraris G, Abbona F (1972) The crystal structure of Ca5(HAsO4)2(AsO4)2·4H2O (Sainfeldite), Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie, 95, 33-41 [view file] |
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Kolitsch U, Götzinger M (2000) Einige Neufunde aus der Grube Clara im mittleren Schwarzwald: Eulytin, Namibit, Volborthit, Gearksutit, Spertiniit, Monazit-(La), Protasit, Sainfeldit, Cyanotrichit und Vauquelinit, Der Erzgräber, 14, 33-47 |
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Rodriguez J D, Jimenez A, Prieto M, Torre L, Garcia-Granda S (2008) Interaction of gypsum with As(V)-bearing aqueous solutions: Surface precipitation of guerinite, sainfeldite, and Ca2NaH(AsO4)2·6H2O, a synthetic arsenate, American Mineralogist, 93, 928-939 [view file] |
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Kampf A R (2009) Miguelromeroite, the Mn analogue of sainfeldite, and redefinition of villyaellenite as an ordered intermediate in the sainfeldite-miguelromeroite series, American Mineralogist, 94, 1535-1540 [view file] |
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