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|   |   | Name: Russellite RRUFF ID: R060860 Ideal Chemistry: Bi2WO6 Locality: Castle-an-Dinas mine, Saint Columb Major, Cornwall, England Source: Michael Scott S100858 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Brownish-yellow granular Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis | 
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| RRUFF ID: | R060860.1 | |||||||
| Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 5.4498(7)Å    b: 16.321(2)Å    c: 5.4550(8)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 485.20(8)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic | |||||||
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| REFERENCES for Russellite | |
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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] | |
| Hey M H, Bannister F A, Russell A (1938) Russellite, a new British mineral, Mineralogical Magazine, 25, 41-56 [view file] | |
| Foshag W F (1939) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 24, 66-66 [view file] | |
| Knight K S (1992) The crystal structure of russellite; a re-determination using neutron powder diffraction of synthetic Bi2WO6, Mineralogical Magazine, 56, 399-409 [view file] | |
| Jambor J L, Puziewicz J (1993) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 78, 450-455 [view file] | |
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