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Name: Jerrygibbsite RRUFF ID: R100042 Ideal Chemistry: Mn2+9(SiO4)4(OH)2 Locality: Kombat mine, Otavi Mountains, Namibia Source: William W Pinch [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Tan transparent cleavages, associated with hausmannite, calcite, and an orange-red granular vesuvianite-group mineral Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
| Mineral Group: [ Humite (21) ] | ||
| Quick search: [ All Jerrygibbsite samples (2) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R100042.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
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a: 4.8757(6)Å b: 10.810(1)Å c: 28.442(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1499.1(2)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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| REFERENCES for Jerrygibbsite | |
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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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Dunn P J, Peacor D R, Simmons W B, Essene E J (1984) Jerrygibbsite, a new polymorph of Mn9(SiO4)4(OH)2 from Franklin, New Jersey, with new data on leucophoenicite, American Mineralogist, 69, 546-552 [view file] |
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Kato T, Ito Y, Hashimoto N (1989) The crystal structures of sonolite and jerrygibbsite, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1989, 410-430 |
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