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Name: Gianellaite RRUFF ID: R130648 Ideal Chemistry: (Hg2N)2(SO4)(H2O)x Locality: Perry Pit, Mariposa mine, Terlingua District, Brewster County, Texas, USA Source: Rock Currier [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Aggregate of granular vitreous yellow-grey to grey crystals on Fe-rich siliceous matrix Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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| RRUFF ID: | R130648.9 | ||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||
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a: 9.534(1)Å b: 9.534(1)Å c: 9.534(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 866.6(2)Å3 Crystal System: cubic |
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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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Airoldi R, Magnano G (1967) Sulla struttura del solfato (di)mercurioammonico, Rassegna Chimica, 5, 181-189 |
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Fleischer M, Pabst A, Mandarino J A, Chao G Y (1977) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 62, 1057-1061 [view file] |
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Tunell G, Fahey J J, Daugherty F W, Gibbs G V (1977) Gianellaite, a new mercury mineral, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1977, 119-131 |
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Cooper M A, Abdu Y A, Hawthorne F C, Kampf A R (2016) The crystal structure of gianellaite, [(NHg2)2](SO4)(H2O)x, a framework of (NHg4) tetrahedra with ordered (SO4) groups in the interstices, Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 869-875 |
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