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|   |   | Name: Metarossite RRUFF ID: R100065 Ideal Chemistry: CaV5+2O6·2H2O Locality: Blue Cap mine, San Juan County, Utah, USA Source: Bob Jenkins [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Pale yellow bladed crystals Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. | 
| Quick search: [ All Metarossite samples (2) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R100065.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 6.2059(4)Å    b: 7.0635(4)Å    c: 7.7517(5)Å alpha: 93.166(4)° beta: 96.548(4)° gamma: 105.884(4)° Volume: 323.36(5)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic | ||||||
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| REFERENCES for Metarossite | |
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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] | |
| Foshag W F, Hess F L (1927) Rossite and metarossite; two new vanadates from Colorado, Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 72, 1-12 [view file] | |
| Foshag W F (1928) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 13, 158-160 [view file] | |
| Barnes W H, Qurashi M M (1952) Unit cell and space group data for certain vanadium minerals, American Mineralogist, 37, 407-422 | |
| Kelsey C H, Barnes W H (1960) The crystal structure of metarossite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 6, 448-466 [view file] | |
| Baran E J, Cabello C I, Nord A G (1987) Raman spectra of some MIIV2O6 brannerite-type metavanadates, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 18, 405-407 | |
| Frost R L, Erickson K L, Weier M L (2004) Hydrogen bonding in selected vanadates: a Raman and infrared spectroscopy study, Spectrochimica Acta Part A, 60, 2419 | |
| Kobsch A, Downs R T, Domanik K J (2016) Redetermination of metarossite, CaV5+2O6·2H2O, Acta Crystallographica, E72, 1280-1284 [view file] | |
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