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Name: Virgilluethite RRUFF ID: R220017 Ideal Chemistry: MoO3·H2O Locality: Cooke's Peak, Cookes Range, Luna County, New Mexico, USA Source: Ron Gibbs Owner: RRUFF Description: Aggregates of yellow-green lamellas. Type sample Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
| Mineral Group: [ Tungstite (2) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R220017 | ||||
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a: 7.2870(2)Å b: 10.6991(3)Å c: 7.4877(3) Å alpha: 90° beta: 91.198(4)° gamma: 90° Volume: 583.64(3)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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| REFERENCES for Virgilluethite | |
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Bosi F, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2023) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) - Newsletter 73, European Journal of Mineralogy, 35, 397-402 [view file] |
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Yang H, Gu X, Gibbs R B, Downs R T (2023) Virgilluethite: a new mineral and the natural analogue of synthetic β-MoO3·H2O, from Cookes Peak, Luna County, New Mexico, USA, The Canadian Journal of Mineralogy and Petrology, 61, 1151-1162 [view file] |
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