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|   |   | Name: Senaite RRUFF ID: R060644 Ideal Chemistry: Pb(Mn,Y,U)(Fe,Zn)2(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)18(O,OH)38 Locality: Fazenda Guariba, Minas Gerais, Brazil Source: Michael Scott S100816 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Black submetallic rounded grains on quartz with associated rutile Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. | 
| Mineral Group: [ crichtonite (8) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R060644.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 10.384(2)Å    b: 10.384(2)Å    c: 20.895(4)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 1951.4(7)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal | ||||||
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| REFERENCES for Senaite | |
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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] | |
| Hussak E, Prior G T (1898) On senaite, a new mineral belonging to the ilmenite group, from Brazil, Mineralogical Magazine, 12, 30-32 [view file] | |
| Rouse R C, Peacor D R (1968) The relationship between senaite, magnetoplumbite, and davidite, American Mineralogist, 53, 869-879 [view file] | |
| Grey I E, Lloyd D J, White J S (1976) The structure of crichtonite and its relationship to senaite, American Mineralogist, 61, 1203-1212 [view file] | |
| Grey I E, Lloyd D J (1976) Crystal structure of senaite, Acta Crystallographica, B32, 1509-1513 | |
| Armbruster T, Kunz M (1990) Cation arrangement in a unusual uranium-rich senaite: crystal structure study at 130 K, European Journal of Mineralogy, 2, 163-170 | |
| Wülser P-A, Brugger J, Meisser N (2004) The crichtonite group of minerals: a review of the classification, Bulletin de liaison de la Société Francaise de Minéralogie et Cristallographie, 16, 76-77 [view file] | |
| Mills S J, Bindi L, Cadoni M, Kampf A R, Ciriotti M E, Ferraris G (2012) Paseroite, PbMn2+(Mn2+,Fe2+)2(V5+,Ti,Fe3+,◻)18O38, a new member of the crichtonite group, European Journal of Mineralogy, 24, 1061-1067 [view file] | |
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