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|   |   | Name: Munakataite RRUFF ID: R110005 Ideal Chemistry: Pb2Cu2(Se4+O3)(SO4)(OH)4 Locality: Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA Source: Marcus Origlieri [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Blue acicular to prismatic crystals with tapering terminations, associated with brochantite and cerussite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. | 
| Mineral Group: [ Linarite (8) ] | ||
| Quick search: [ All Munakataite samples (3) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R110005.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 9.7696(9)Å    b: 5.6589(5)Å    c: 9.2463(9)Å alpha: 90° beta: 102.400(3)° gamma: 90° Volume: 499.3(1)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic | ||||||
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| REFERENCES for Munakataite | |
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| American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] | |
| Matsubara S, Mouri T, Miyawaki R, Yokoyama K, Nakahara M (2008) Munakataite, a new mineral from the Kato mine, Fukuoka, Japan, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 103, 327-332 [view file] | |
| Ercit T S, Piilonen P C, Poirier G, Tait K T (2009) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 94, 1075-1083 [view file] | |
| Kampf A R, Mills S J, Housley R M (2010) The crystal structure of munakataite, Pb2Cu2(Se4+O3)(SO4)(OH)4, from Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA, Mineralogical Magazine, 74, 991-998 [view file] | |
| Marty J, Kampf A R, Housley R M, Mills S J, Weiβ S (2010) Seltene neue Tellurmineralien aus Kalifornien, Utah, Arizona und New Mexico (USA), Lapis, 35, 42-51; 66 | |
| Flynn S, Barton I F, Feinglos M (2016) Munakataite, Pb2Cu2(Se4+O3)(SO4)(OH)4, and other selenium minerals from Tsumeb, Nambia, Rocks and Minerals, 91, 548-551 | |
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