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|   |   | Name: Perroudite RRUFF ID: R060699 Ideal Chemistry: Ag4Hg5S5(I,Br)2Cl2 Locality: Copiapo, Chile Source: Bob Jenkins [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Reddish brown thin bladed crystals associated with white cerussite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction. | 
| Quick search: [ All Perroudite samples (2) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R060699.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 17.4203(9)Å    b: 12.2009(7)Å    c: 4.2853(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 910.80(9)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic | ||||||
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| REFERENCES for Perroudite | |
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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] | |
| Mumme W G, Nickel E H (1987) Crystal structure and crystal chemistry of perroudite: a mineral from Coppin Pool, Western Australia, American Mineralogist, 72, 1257-1262 [view file] | |
| Sarp H, Birch W D, Hlava P F, Pring A, Sewell D K B, Nickel E H (1987) Perroudite, a new sulfide-halide of Hg and Ag from Cap-Garonne, Var, France, and from Broken Hill, New South Wales, and Coppin Pool, Western Australia, American Mineralogist, 72, 1251-1256 [view file] | |
| Piilonen P C, Ercit T S (2005) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 90, 1466-1469 [view file] | |
| Roth P (2007) Perroudite, in Minerals first discovered in Switzerland and minerals named after Swiss individuals Kristallografik Verlag Achberg Germany 194-195 | |
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