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Name: Sarabauite RRUFF ID: R060495 Ideal Chemistry: Sb4S6·CaSb6O10 Locality: Sarabau mine, near Bau, Sarawak, Borneo (Malaysia) Source: Michael Scott S100032 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Red tabular crystals associated with white wollastonite Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
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RRUFF ID: | R060495.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 25.35(1)Å b: 5.661(3)Å c: 16.900(9)Å alpha: 90° beta: 117.62(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 2149(5)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Sarabauite | |
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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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Fleischer M, Cabri L J, Pabst A (1977) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 62, 1259-1262 [view file] |
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Nakai I, Koto K, Nagashima K, Morimoto N (1977) The crystal structure of sarabauite CaSb10O10S6, a new oxide sulfide mineral, Chemistry Letters, 1977, 275-276 |
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Nakai I, Adachi H, Matsubara S, Kato A, Masutomi K, Fujiwara T, Nagashima K (1978) Sarabauite, a new oxide sulfide mineral from the Sarabau mine, Sarawak, Malaysia, American Mineralogist, 63, 715-719 [view file] |
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Nakai I, Nagashima K, Koto K, Morimoto N (1978) Crystal structure of oxide-chalcogenide. I. The crystal stucture of sarabauite CaSb10O10S6, Acta Crystallographica, B34, 3569-3572 |
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