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Name: Tungstenite RRUFF ID: R070616 Ideal Chemistry: WS2 Locality: Emma mine, Little Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA Source: James Shigley [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Gray metallic massive, X-ray diffraction shows this to be the 3R polytype. Intimately associated with galena Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Molybdenite (3) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R070616.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder, mixed with galena | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 3.1607(6)Å b: 3.1607(6)Å c: 18.448(5)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 159.60(4)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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REFERENCES for Tungstenite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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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] |
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Wells R C, Butler B S (1917) Tungstenite, a new mineral, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 7, 596-599 [view file] |
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Gordon S G (1918) New minerals, American Mineralogist, 3, 30-30 [view file] |
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Gait R I, Mandarino J A (1970) Polytypes of tungstenite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 10, 729-731 [view file] |
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Schutte W J, de Boer J L, Jellinek F (1987) Crystal structures of tungsten disulfide and diselenide, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 70, 207-209 |
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