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Name: Gerstmannite RRUFF ID: R130646 Ideal Chemistry: Mn2+MgZn(SiO4)(OH)2 Locality: Sterling mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA Source: Rock Currier [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Sprays of pale-pink bunched prismatic crystals associated with white willemite, brown sphalerite, and dark-brown to black franklinite Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
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RRUFF ID: | R130646.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
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a: 8.178(1)Å b: 18.645(4)Å c: 6.253(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 953.4(2)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Gerstmannite | |
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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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Moore P B, Araki T (1977) Gerstmannite, a new zinc silicate mineral and a novel cubic close-packed oxide structure, American Mineralogist, 62, 51-59 [view file] |
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Simonov M A, Egorov-Tismenko Y K, Belov N V (1978) Crystal structures of clinohedrite Ca[ZnSiO4]·H2O and herstmannite (Mn,Mg)Mg(OH)2[ZnSiO4], Soviet Physics - Doklady, 23, 113-114 [view file] |
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Simonov M A, Egorov-Tismenko Y K, Belov N V (1978) The crystal structures of clinohedrite Ca[ZnSiO4]·H2O and herstmannite (Mn, Mg)Mg(OH)2[ZnSiO4], Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 238, 1348-1350 |
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