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|   |   | Name: Strunzite RRUFF ID: R050619 Ideal Chemistry: Mn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O Locality: Hagendorf, Germany Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 16075 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Pale yellow acicular crystals Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. | 
| Mineral Group: [ Strunzite (2) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R050619.1 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 10.21(2)Å    b: 9.83(2)Å    c: 7.31(1)Å alpha: 91.00(4)° beta: 98.09(4)° gamma: 117.28(5)° Volume: 643(3)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic | ||||||
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| REFERENCES for Strunzite | |
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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] | |
| Frondel C (1957) Strunzit, ein neues Eisen-Mangan-Phosphat, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1957, 222-226 | |
| Fleischer M (1958) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 43, 790-798 [view file] | |
| Frondel C (1958) Strunzite, a new mineral, Naturwissenschaften, 45, 37-38 | |
| Fanfani L, Tomassini M, Zanazzi P F, Zanzari A R (1978) The crystal structure of strunzite, a contribution to the crystal chemistry of basic ferric-manganous hydrated phosphates, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 25, 77-87 | |
| Frost R L, Martens W N, Kloprogge T, Williams P A (2002) Vibrational spectroscopy of the basic manganese and ferric phosphate minerals: strunzite, ferrostrunzite and ferristrunzite, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 2002, 481-496 | |
| Grey I E, Macrae C M, Keck E, Birch W D (2012) Aluminium-bearing strunzite derived from jahnsite at the Hagendorf-Süd pegmatite, Germany, Mineralogical Magazine, 76, 1165-1174 [view file] | |
| Dyar M D, Jawin E R, Breves E, Marchand G, Nelms M, Lane M D, Mertzman S A, Bish D L and Bishop J L (2014) Mössbauer parameters of iron in phosphate minerals: Implications for interpretation of martian data, American Mineralogist, 99, 914-942 [view file] | |
| Grey I E, Keck E, MacRae C M, Glenn A M, Kampf A R, Nash B P, Mills S J (2017) Crystal chemistry of zinc incorporation in strunzite-group minerals containing zeolitic water, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 1051-1062 | |
| Grey I E, Kampf A R (2018) Zeolitic water in strunzite-group minerals, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 291-299 | |
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