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Name: Destinezite RRUFF ID: R050631 Ideal Chemistry: Fe3+2(PO4)(SO4)(OH)·6H2O Locality: Patagonia Mountains, Arizona, USA Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 12690 Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless acicular crystal Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction. |
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a: 9.566(3)Å b: 9.730(4)Å c: 7.331(3)Å alpha: 98.67(5)° beta: 107.94(4)° gamma: 64.06(4)° Volume: 583.7(2)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic |
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| REFERENCES for Destinezite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Forir H (1880) Note sur la diadochite (destinézite) et la delvauxite, Annales de la Société Géologique de Belgique, 8, 151-154 [view file] |
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Forir M H (1881) Sur quelques minéraux et fossiles trouvés dans une excursion à Argenteau, Annales de la Société Géologique de Belgique, 7, 115-123 [view file] |
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van Tassel R (1985) Mineraux phosphates secondaires (vashegyite, destinezite, wavellite, crandallite, phosphate der fer) a Haut-le-Wastia, Bulletin de la Societe de Geologie Belgique, 94, 19-27 |
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Peacor D R, Rouse R C, Coskren T D, Essene E J (1999) Destinezite (diadochite), Fe2(PO4)(SO4)(OH)·6H2O; its crystal structure and role as a soil mineral at Alum Cave Bluff, Tennessee, Clays and Clay Minerals, 47, 1-11 [view file] |
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Grice J D, Ferraris G (2003) New minerals approved in 2002 and nomenclature modifications approved in 1998-2002 by the Commission on the New Minerals and Mineral Names, International Mineralogical Association, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 795-802 [view file] |
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Velasco F, De La Pinta N, Tornos F, Briezewski T, Larrañaga A (2020) The relationship of destinezite to the acid sulfate alteration at the El Laco magnetite deposit, Chile, American Mineralogist, 105, 860-872 |
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