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|   |   | Name: Susannite RRUFF ID: R070704 Ideal Chemistry: Pb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2 Locality: Boarezzo mine (Pradisci prospect; Rio Carpane prospect), Boarezzo, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy Source: Michael Scott S102221 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Array of colorless tabular hexagonal plates Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. | 
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| RRUFF ID: | R070704.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 9.071(1)Å    b: 9.071(1)Å    c: 11.572(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 824.6(3)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal | ||||||
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| REFERENCES for Susannite | |
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| American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] | |
| 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] | |
| Haidinger W (1845) Zweite Klasse: Geogenide. II. Ordnung. Baryte. VII. Bleibaryt. Suzannit., in Handbuch der Bestimmenden Mineralogie Bei Braumüller and Seidel Wien 499-506 [view file] | |
| Fleischer M (1970) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 55, 1444-1449 [view file] | |
| Steele I M, Pluth J J, Livingstone A (1999) Crystal structure of susannite, Pb4SO4(CO3)2(OH)2: a trimorph with macphersonite and leadhillite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 11, 493-499 | |
| Frost R L, Kloprogge J T, Williams P A (2003) Raman spectroscopy of lead sulphate-carbonate minerals - implications for hydrogen bonding, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 2003, 529-542 | |
| Bindi L, Menchetti S (2005) Structural changes accompanying the phase transformation between leadhillite and susannite: a structural study by means of in situ high-temperature single-crystal X-ray diffraction, American Mineralogist, 90, 1641-1647 [view file] | |
| Siidra O, Nekrasova D, Depmeier W, Chukanov N, Zaitsev A, Turner R (2018) Hydrocerussite-related minerals and materials: structural principles, chemical variations and infrared spectroscopy, Acta Crystallographica, B74, 182-195 | |
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