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|   |   | Name: Tsumgallite RRUFF ID: R100125 Ideal Chemistry: GaO(OH) Locality: Tsumeb, Namibia Source: William W. Pinch [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Pale green platy crystals, associated with galena and tennantite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction. | 
| Mineral Group: [ Diaspore (11) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R100125.1 | |||||||
| Sample Description: | Powder, using Mo radiation | |||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 4.5122(8)Å    b: 9.784(2)Å    c: 2.9701(5)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 131.12(3)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic | |||||||
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| REFERENCES for Tsumgallite | |
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| Grice J D, Ferraris G (2003) New minerals approved in 2002 and nomenclature modifications approved 1998-2002 by the commission on new minerals and mineral names, International Mineralogical Association, American Mineralogist, 88, 1620-1624 [view file] | |
| Grice J D, Ferraris G (2003) New minerals approved in 2002 and nomenclature modifications approved in 1998-2002 by the Commission on the New Minerals and Mineral Names, International Mineralogical Association, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 795-802 [view file] | |
| Schluüter J, Klaska K H, Adiwidjaja G, Gebhard G (2003) Tsumgallite, GaO(OH), a new mineral from the Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 2003, 521-527 | |
| Jambor J L, Roberts A C (2004) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 89, 894-897 [view file] | |
| Mandarino J A (2004) New minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 921-945 [view file] | |
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