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|   |   | Name: Getchellite RRUFF ID: R060109 Ideal Chemistry: SbAsS3 Locality: Getchell mine, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 16076 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Dark blood-red micaceous lamellae Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis | 
| Quick search: [ All Getchellite samples (2) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R060109.1 | |||||
| Sample Description: | Powder, cell parameters are from single crystal | |||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 11.916(5)Å    b: 9.039(3)Å    c: 10.145(5)Å alpha: 90° beta: 116.38(4)° gamma: 90° Volume: 979.0(2)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic | |||||
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| REFERENCES for Getchellite | |
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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] | |
| Weissberg B G (1965) Getchellite, AsSbS3, a new mineral from Humboldt County, Nevada, American Mineralogist, 50, 1817-1826 [view file] | |
| Guillermo T R, Wuensch B J (1973) The crystal structure of getchellite, AsSbS3, Acta Crystallographica, B29, 2536-2541 | |
| Kyono A, Kimata M (2004) Structural reinvestigation of getchellite, As0.98Sb1.02S3.00, American Mineralogist, 89, 696-700 [view file] | |
| Bonazzi P, Bindi L (2008) A crystallographic review of arsenic sulfides: Effects of chemical variations and changes induced by exposure to light, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 223, 132-147 | |
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