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|   |   | Name: Peretaite RRUFF ID: R060459 Ideal Chemistry: CaSb3+4O4(SO4)2(OH)2·2H2O Locality: Pereta mine, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy Source: Michael Scott S100298 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless thin plates, with red incrustations of valentinite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. | 
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| RRUFF ID: | R060459.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 24.620(4)Å    b: 5.593(1)Å    c: 10.18(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 95.89(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 1394.3(2)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic | ||||||
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| REFERENCES for Peretaite | |
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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] | |
| Cipriani N, Menchetti S, Orlandi P, Sabelli C (1980) Peretaite, CaSb4O4(OH)2(SO4)2·2H2O, a new mineral from Pereta, Tuscany, Italy, American Mineralogist, 65, 936-939 [view file] | |
| Menchietti S, Sabelli C (1980) Peretaite, CaSb4O4(OH)2(SO4)2·2H2O: its atomic arrangement and twinning, American Mineralogist, 65, 940-946 [view file] | |
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