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Name: Overite RRUFF ID: R100024 Ideal Chemistry: CaMgAl(PO4)2(OH)·4H2O Locality: Clay Canyon deposit, near Fairfield, Utah County, Utah, USA Source: Terry Szenics Owner: RRUFF Description: Light apple-green lathlike crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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| Mineral Group: [ Overite (3) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R100024.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
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a: 14.6964(8)Å b: 18.675(1)Å c: 7.0976(4)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1948.0(1)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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| REFERENCES for Overite | |
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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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Larsen E S (1940) Overite and montgomeryite: two new mineral from Fairfield, Utah, American Mineralogist, 25, 315-326 [view file] |
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Moore P B, Ito J (1974) I. Jahnsite, segelerite, and robertsite, three new transition metal phosphate species II. Redefinition of overite, an isotype of segelerite III. Isotypy of robertsite, mitridatite, and arseniosiderite, American Mineralogist, 59, 48-59 [view file] |
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Moore P B, Araki T (1977) Overite, segelerite, and jahnsite: a study in combinatorial polymorphism, American Mineralogist, 62, 692-702 [view file] |
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