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|   |   | Name: Ferrofettelite RRUFF ID: R100124 Ideal Chemistry: [Ag6As2S7][Ag10FeAs2S8] Locality: Nieder-Berbach, Odenwald, Germany Source: William W. Pinch [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Dark reddish thin platy crystals associated with proustite and xanthoconite. Analysis of this sample is reported in Bindi et al (2012) and Bindi and Downs (2022). This is the type specimen. Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. | 
| Mineral Group: [ Fettelite (3) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R100124.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 26.000(2)Å    b: 15.067(2)Å    c: 15.512(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90.29(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 6076.6(8)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic | ||||||
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| REFERENCES for Ferrofettelite | |
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| American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] | |
| Bindi L, Downs R T, Spry P G, Pinch W W, Menchetti S (2012) A chemical and structural re-examination of fettelite samples from the type locality, Odenwald, southwest Germany, Mineralogical Magazine, 76, 551-566 [view file] | |
| Bindi L, Downs R T (2022) Ferrofettelite, [Ag6As2S7][Ag10FeAs2S8], a new sulfosalt from the Glasberg quarry, Odenwald, Germany, Mineralogical Magazine, 86, 340-345 [view file] | |
| Miyawaki R, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2022) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) - Newsletter 65, European Journal of Mineralogy, 34, 143-148 [view file] | |
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