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|   |   | Name: Atencioite RRUFF ID: R060893 Ideal Chemistry: Ca2Fe2+3Mg2Be4(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O Locality: Linópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil Source: Michael Scott S100875 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Elongated, spherically radiating gray to pale yellow-green crystals, associated with prismatic orange ushkovite and dark green rockbridgeite. Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. | 
| Mineral Group: [ roscherite (9) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R060893.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 6.6656(8)Å    b: 9.865(2)Å    c: 9.907(1)Å alpha: 73.605(7)° beta: 85.209(7)° gamma: 86.912(9)° Volume: 622.5(1)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic | ||||||
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| REFERENCES for Atencioite | |
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| American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] | |
| Chukanov N V, St. Möckel R K, Rastsvetaeva A, Zadov A E (2006) The roscherite group and its new representative member atencioite, Ca2Fe2+◻Mg2Fe2+2Be4(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O (in Russian), New Data on Minerals. Moscow, 41, 18-25 [view file] | |
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