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Name: Osmium RRUFF ID: R060823 Ideal Chemistry: Os Locality: Nevjansk, Ural Mountains, USSR Source: Michael Scott S101193 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Grey metallic massive, variety iridosmine Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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| Quick search: [ All Osmium samples (2) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R060823.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 2.67(1)Å b: 2.67(1)Å c: 4.26(5)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 26.330(5)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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| REFERENCES for Osmium | |
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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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Tennant S (1804) On two metals, found in the black powder remaining after the solution of platina, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 329, 411-418 [view file] |
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Harris D C, Cabri L J (1973) The nomenclature of the natural alloys of osmium, iridium and ruthenium based on new compositional data of alloys from world-wide occurrences, The Canadian Mineralogist, 12, 104-112 [view file] |
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Harris D C, Cabri L J (1991) Nomenclature of platinum-group-element alloys: review and revision, The Canadian Mineralogist, 29, 231-237 [view file] |
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Hattori K, Cabri L J (1992) Origin of platinum-group-mineral nuggets inferred from an osmium-isotope study, The Canadian Mineralogist, 30, 289-301 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Grew E S (1992) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 77, 207-213 [view file] |
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Ponosov Yu S, Loa I, Mogilenskikh V E, Syassen K (2005) Raman scattering in osmium under pressure, Physical Review B, 71, 220301-4 |
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Bowles J F W, Suárez S, Prichard H M, Fisher P C (2018) Inclusions in an isoferroplatinum nugget from the Freetown Layered Complex, Sierra Leone, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 577–592 |
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