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|   | Name: Ottensite RRUFF ID: R220043 Ideal Chemistry: Na3(Sb2O3)3(SbS3)·3H2O Locality: Pereta mine, Tuscany, Italy Source: Erica Bittarello Owner: Erica Bittarello Description: Reddish-brown spheroidal aggregates formed by radially oriented-individuals. Described in Bittarello et al (2015) Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis | |
| Mineral Group: [ Cetineite (2) ] | ||
| Quick search: [ All Ottensite samples (2) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R220043 | |||||
| Sample Description: | Powder, profile is calculated | |||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 14.112(6)Å    b: 14.112(6)Å    c: 5.552(4)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 963.5(6)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal | |||||
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| REFERENCES for Ottensite | |
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| American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] | |
| Sabelli C, Nakai I, Katsura S (1988) Crystal structures of cetineite and its synthetic Na analogue Na3.6(Sb2O3)3(SbS3)(OH)0.6· 2.4H20, American Mineralogist, 73, 398-404 [view file] | |
| Origlieri M J, Laetsch T A, Downs R T (2007) A note on the paragenesis of ottensite, The Mineralogical Record, 38, 83-84 | |
| Sejkora J, Hyrsl J (2007) Ottensite a new mineral from Qinglong, Guizhou Province, China, The Mineralogical Record, 38, 77-81 [view file] | |
| Bittarello E, Cámara F, Ciriotti M E, Marengo A (2015) Ottensite, brizziite and mopungite from Pereta mine (Tuscany, Italy): new occurrences and crystal structure refinement of mopungite, Mineralogy and Petrology, 109, 431-442 | |
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