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Name: Poughite RRUFF ID: R080026 Ideal Chemistry: Fe3+2(Te4+O3)2(SO4)·3H2O Locality: Mina Candelaria, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico Source: William W. Pinch [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Bright-yellow to honey-yellow drusy crusts associated with green emmonsite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by X-ray diffraction |
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| RRUFF ID: | R080026.9 | |||||||
| Sample Description: | Powder, using Mo radiation | |||||||
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a: 9.74(2)Å b: 14.301(7)Å c: 7.901(5)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1100(2)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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| REFERENCES for Poughite | |
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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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Gaines R V (1968) Poughite, a new tellurite mineral from Mexico and Honduras, American Mineralogist, 53, 1075-1080 [view file] |
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Pertlik F (1971) Die kristallstruktur von poughit, Fe2[TeO3]2[SO4] · 3H2O, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 15, 279-290 |
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Kampf A R, Mills S J (2011) The role of hydrogen in tellurites: crystal structure refinements of juabite, poughite and rodalquilarite, Journal of Geosciences, 56, 235-247 |
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