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Name: Giniite RRUFF ID: R060765 Ideal Chemistry: Fe2+Fe3+4(PO4)4(OH)2·2H2O Locality: Sandamab, Namibia Source: Michael Scott S101093 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Black fragment, associated with triphylite, hureaulite, yellow-greenish tavorite (R140539), and black heterosite. Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
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| RRUFF ID: | R060765.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
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a: 10.3472(6)Å b: 5.1497(2)Å c: 14.2338(7)Å alpha: 90° beta: 111.175(6)° gamma: 90° Volume: 707.24(6)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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| REFERENCES for Giniite | |
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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, Chao G Y, Pabst A (1980) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 65, 1065-1070 [view file] |
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Keller P (1980) Giniit, Fe2+Fe3+4[(H2O)2|(OH)2|(PO4)4], ein neues Mineral aus dem Pegmatit von Sandamab bei Usakos, Namibia, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1980, 49-56 |
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Keller P (1980) Giniit, Fe2+Fe43+[(H2O)2l(OH)2l (PO4)4]: neue kristallographische Daten, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1980, 561-563 |
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Rouzies D, Varloud J, Millet J M M M (1994) Thermal behaviour and physico-chemical characterization of synthetic and natural iron hydroxyphosphates, Journal of Chemical Society, Faraday Transactions, 90, 3335-3339 [view file] |
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Dyar M D, Jawin E R, Breves E, Marchand G, Nelms M, Lane M D, Mertzman S A, Bish D L and Bishop J L (2014) Mössbauer parameters of iron in phosphate minerals: Implications for interpretation of martian data, American Mineralogist, 99, 914-942 [view file] |
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Adcock C T, Hausrath E M, Rampe E B, Yang H, Downs R T (2023) The crystal structure and chemistry of natural giniite and implications for Mars, American Mineralogist, 108, 430-438 [view file] |
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