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Name: Corkite RRUFF ID: R070491 Ideal Chemistry: PbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6 Locality: Iron Crag, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria (Cumberland), England, United Kingdom Source: Bob Jenkins [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Sharp bright yellow prismatic crystals associated with quartz Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
| Mineral Groups: [ alunite (46) ] [ beudantite (14) ] | ||
| Quick search: [ All Corkite samples (3) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R070491.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 7.292(5)Å b: 7.292(5)Å c: 16.937(8)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 770.9(1)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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| REFERENCES for Corkite | |
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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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Dauber H (1857) Ueber Svanbergit und Beudantit, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 10, 579-580 [view file] |
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Rammelsberg C (1857) Ueber die Zusammensetzung des Beudantits, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 10, 581-583 [view file] |
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Adam G J (1869) Tableau Minéralogique. Corkite, Annales des Mines, 15, 552-553 [view file] |
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Butler B S, Schaller W T (1911) Some minerals from Beaver County, Utah, American Journal of Science, 32, 418-424 [view file] |
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Giuseppetti G, Tadini C (1987) Corkite, PbFe3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6, its crystal structure and ordered arrangement of the tetrahedral cations, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1987, 71-81 |
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Scott K M (1987) Solid solution in, and classification of, gossan-derived members of the alunite-jarosite family, northwest Queensland, Australia, American Mineralogist, 72, 178-187 [view file] |
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Jambor J L (1999) Nomenclature of the alunite supergroup, The Canadian Mineralogist, 37, 1323-1341 [view file] |
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Sato E, Nakai I, Miyawaki R, Matsubara S (2009) Crystal structures of alunite family minerals: beaverite, corkite, alunite, natroalunite, jarosite, svanbergite, and woodhouseite, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 185, 313-322 |
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Bayliss P, Kolitsch U, Nickel E H, Pring A (2010) Alunite supergroup: recommended nomenclature, Mineralogical Magazine, 74, 919-927 [view file] |
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Ondrejka M, Bačík P, Sobocký T, Uher P, Škoda R, Mikuš T, Luptáková J, Konečiný P (2018) Minerals of the rhabdophane group and the alunite supergroup in microgranite: products of low-temperature alteration in a highly acidic environment from the Velence Hills, Hungary, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 1277-1300 |
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