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Name: Durangite RRUFF ID: R120118 Ideal Chemistry: NaAl(AsO4)F Locality: Barranca mine, Coneto de Comonfort, Durango, Mexico Source: Michael Shannon [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Single orange crystal fragment, used in the Downs et al (2012) study Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
Mineral Group: [ Titanite (17) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Durangite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R120118.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 6.5789(5)Å b: 8.5071(6)Å c: 7.0212(5)Å alpha: 90° beta: 115.447(4)° gamma: 90° Volume: 354.84(5)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Durangite | |
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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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Brush G J (1869) On durangite, a fluo-arsenate from Durango in Mexico, American Journal of Science and Arts, 98, 179-182 [view file] |
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Kokkoros P (1938) Über die struktur des durangit NaAlF[AsO4], Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 99, 38-49 [view file] |
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Richmond W E (1940) Crystal chemistry of the phosphates, arsenates and vanadates of the type A2XO4(Z), American Mineralogist, 25, 441-478 [view file] |
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Sumin de Portilla V I (1974) Infrared spectroscopic investigation of the structure of some natural arsenates and the nature of H-bonds in their structures, The Canadian Mineralogist, 12, 262-268 [view file] |
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Foord E E, Oakman M R, Maxwell C H (1985) Durangite from the Black Range, New Mexico, and new data on durangite from Durango and Cornwall, The Canadian Mineralogist, 23, 241-246 [view file] |
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Downs G W, Yang B N, Thompson R M, Wenz M D, Andrade M B (2012) Redetermination of durangite, NaAl(AsO4)F, Acta Crystallographica, E68, i86-i87 [view file] |
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Pekov I V, Koshlykova N N, Zubkova N V, Lykova I S, Britvin S N, Yapaskurt V O, Agakhanov A A, Shchipalkina N V, Turchkova A G, Sidorov E G (2018) Fumarolic arsenates - a special type of arsenic mineralization, European Journal of Mineralogy, 30, 305-322 |
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