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|   |   | Name: Nabokoite RRUFF ID: R070062 Ideal Chemistry: Cu7Te4+O4(SO4)5·KCl Locality: Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka, Russia Source: Michael Scott S105083 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Brown thin tabular plates, co-type material Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. | 
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| RRUFF ID: | R070062.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 9.807(2)Å    b: 9.807(2)Å    c: 20.525(6)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1974(1)Å3 Crystal System: tetragonal | ||||||
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| REFERENCES for Nabokoite | |
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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] | |
| Popova V I, Popov V A, Rudashevskiy N S, Glavatskikh S F, Polyakov V O, Bushmakin A F (1987) Nabokoite Cu7TeO4(SO4)5·KCl and atlasovite Cu6Fe3+Bi3+O4(SO4)5·KCl. New minerals of volcanic exhalations, Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 116, issue 3 358-367 [view file] | |
| Jambor J L, Bladh K W, Ercit T S, Grice J D, Grew E S (1988) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 73, 927-935 [view file] | |
| Pertlik F, Zemann J (1988) The crystal structure of nabokoite, Cu7TeO4(SO4)5·KCL: the first example of a Te(IV)O4 pyramid with exactly tetragonal symmetry, Mineralogy and Petrology, 38, 291-298 | |
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