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|   | Name: Ludlockite RRUFF ID: R100176 Ideal Chemistry: PbFe3+4As3+10O22 Locality: Tsumeb, Namibia Source: William W. Pinch Owner: RRUFF Description: Red fibrous crystals that display significant flexibility Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. | 
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| RRUFF ID: | R100176.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 10.428(4)Å    b: 12.086(6)Å    c: 18.383(9)Å alpha: 102.04(3)° beta: 100.33(3)° gamma: 90.33(3)° Volume: 2226.8(9)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic | ||||||
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| REFERENCES for Ludlockite | |
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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] | |
| Davis R J, Embrey P G, Hey M H (1970) Ludlockite: A new arsenate mineral, Mineralogical Society of Japan Special Paper, 1, 264-264 [view file] | |
| Fleischer M (1972) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 57, 1003-1006 [view file] | |
| Embrey P G, Hey M H, Davis R J (1977) Ludlockite: a new mineral from Tsumeb, The Mineralogical Record, 8, 91-94 [view file] | |
| Cooper M A, Hawthorne F C (1996) The crystal structure of ludlockite, PbFe3+4As3+10O22, the mineral with pentameric arsenite groups and orange hair, The Canadian Mineralogist, 34, 79-89 [view file] | |
| Jambor J L, Kovalenker V A, Puziewics J, Roberts A C (1996) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 81, 1282-1286 [view file] | |
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